Y2K

   The Year 2000 Problem, nicknamed Y2K or Millennium bug was an issue that was related to the formatting and storage of calendar dates and data on computers. This issue came about, because many programs represented our 4 digit years with just the 2 last digits of that year. This made the year 2,000 indistinguishable from the year 1900. This led to a huge freak out, as many people across the nation believed that it would lead to various errors on computers and that people would lose control over their devices. As many programmers attempted to reset as many codes as possible in preparation for the date, to minimize the damage that they though would be done, but the reality was that not all codes could be changed since there were so many. People thought that there would not be any control over electronic devices such as computers, phones, traffic lights or things like that. There was the speculation that trains would stop, traffic lights would malfunction, and all the controls would stop working. This was a real issue for the military. People were nervous that the military would lose control of the missiles and other lethal weapons, as the controls for those were on the computer. Everybody was in a desperate attempt to save what they thought would brake. However, on New Year's eve as people were anticipating a nationwide blackout, as everything would shut down, people were pleasantly surprised to see that everything was fine. Traffic lights and computers didn't malfunction and everybody still had control over their devices, and the military could still control their weapons. Luckily this event was just a perceived disaster, and never truly became an issue.