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The rise of computer advancement and the downfall of Y2K

  • Search engine

    Search engine
    The first search engine called Archie was made in 1990 by Alan Emtage
  • The First Website

    The First Website
    The first Website was published by Tim Berners-Lee in August 6. 1991
  • first graphical web browser

    first graphical web browser
    The first graphical web browser, Mosaic, was released in April of 1993 which displayed websites with both images and text
  • Windows 95

    Windows 95
    Windows 95 was made in August 24, 1995 leading to more friendly interface that many people could access
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0AJM6HMYjM
  • The Rise of Y2K

    The Rise of Y2K
    people were afraid of the year 2000 to come since computers would use the last 2 digits to tell the year and people thought computers would interpret it as the 1900 which could have led to system failure and data corruption
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    How Did People Plan to Fix Y2K

    since people where afraid of the threat of Y2K there were groups of people that went to fix the problem and through combinations of software fixes and hardware upgrades
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    Y2k ends

    Y2k ended thanks to the people who worked hard to fix the problem and made the event not as bad as people feared
  • Taskforce in San Antonio

    Taskforce in San Antonio
    there was a task force in January 4, 1999 that work hard to fix the Y2k problem by scanning all work stations in San Antonio college even the old one that no one used to make sure everything was in working order
    https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1371051/m1/1/?q=The%20Ranger
  • Y2k test in San Antonio Was Successful

    Y2k test in San Antonio Was Successful
    in April 9, 1999 they performed test in San Antonio college and it went successfully leading to job safety