Y2K BUG: MISHAP BY TECHNOLOGY

Y2K bug, also known as the year 2000 bug or Millennium bug, it was a problem in the coding of the computerized systems that would have been befallen in the Year 2000 AD. The bug was about to bring mayhem in the world as soon as the Year 2000 would start because the computer systems were not programmed  as per the starting in the Year 2000.

The date on computerized systems before 2000 AD was recorded differently, for example, 28, May 1920 was recorded as 28-05-20, on the last two digits of Year, was used. So, if the Year 2000 begun then the systems would have reached in the perplexing situation as it would not be able to differentiate between the Year 2000 and 1900. In the world transportation, industries, banking companies, and all the technology which were computerized would have lost the data and face the problem. For example, if a bank has given the loan to a person in the year 1960 and the loanee had paid all the loans by the end of the year 1996 but as soon as the year 2000 will begin the system will be corrupted and it would show that the loans are still pending and the interest paid would be for 136 years. Similarly, the same situation would have occurred with the Nuclear Power Plants and many other computerized systems as they are recorded with date and time, so if it gets sudden changes than the chance of occurring failure predominate in the system which can cause greater destruction.

The havoc was eschewed after the report came from the journal “COMPUTER WORLD” which stated about it, after which all countries started working together to tackle it. The Indian Software Engineers played a significant role during this problem and it was after this India got recognition for the IT hub.