The Millennium Bug (also known as the year 2000 problem) resulted from the common practice of only storing the last two digits of a calendar year (eg 63 instead of 1963) in order to save memory. Which of the following is TRUE of the Millennium Bug?

It was caused by an inappropriate data structure, requiring a lot of software to be updated

It was a virus, as it affected software worldwide.

It was a logic error, resulting in inappropriate calculations.

It was malware, introduced by programmers who were later employed to fix the problem they had created.

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Programming errors: Millennium Bug and array index errors

Joshua Dickford 2 questions

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1Consider the code which operates on an array of integers called List, indexed from 1.
1. AA
2. BB
3. CC
4. DD
2The Millennium Bug (also known as the year 2000 problem) resulted from the common practice of only storing the last two digits of a calendar year (eg 63 instead of 1963) in order to save memory. Which of the following is TRUE of the Millennium Bug?
1. AIt was a virus, as it affected software worldwide.
2. BIt was a logic error, resulting in inappropriate calculations.
3. CIt was caused by an inappropriate data structure, requiring a lot of software to be updated
4. DIt was malware, introduced by programmers who were later employed to fix the problem they had created.