Computer Science: An Overview (12th Edition)
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Author: Glenn Brookshear, Dennis Brylow
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 3SI
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Determine whether it was ethical to develop software in the 1970s using only two digits to represent the year or not:
“Yes” it was ethical to develop software in the 1970s using only two digits to represent the year.
Reason:
- Two digits were used in old times because it took less space.
- The two digit format for 1970 was represented as 70, which required less amount of memory.
Therefore, it was ethical to develop software in the 1970s that used only two digits to represent a year...
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Computer Science: An Overview (12th Edition)
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