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  2. Booting - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] The usage calls attention to the requirement that, if most software is loaded onto a computer by other software already running on the computer, some mechanism must exist to load the initial software onto the computer. [5] Early computers used a variety of ad-hoc methods to get a small program into memory to solve this problem.

  3. Reset (computing) - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] Devices may not have a dedicated Reset button, but have the user hold the power button to cut power, which the user can then turn the computer back on. [5] Out-of-band management also frequently provides the possibility to reset the remote system in this way.

  4. Year 2038 problem - Wikipedia

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    Many computer systems measure time and date using Unix time, an international standard for digital timekeeping.Unix time is defined as the number of seconds elapsed since 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970 (an arbitrarily chosen time based on the creation of the first Unix system), which has been dubbed the Unix epoch.

  5. Reboot to restore software - Wikipedia

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    Deploying solutions based on reboot to restore technology allows users to define a system configuration as the desired state. The baseline is the point that is restored on reboot. Once the baseline is set, the reboot to restore software continues to restore that configuration every time the device restarts or switches on after a shutdown. [3]

  6. Time formatting and storage bugs - Wikipedia

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    The last modification date stamp (and with DELWATCH 2.0+ also the file deletion date stamp, and since DOS 7.0+ optionally also the last access date stamp and creation date stamp), are stored in the directory entry with the year represented as an unsigned seven bit number (0–127), relative to 1980, and thereby unable to indicate any dates in ...

  7. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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    November 10: Agobot is a computer worm that can spread itself by exploiting vulnerabilities on Microsoft Windows. Some of the vulnerabilities are MS03-026 and MS05-039. [37] November 20: Bolgimo is a computer worm that spread itself by exploiting a buffer overflow vulnerability at Microsoft Windows DCOM RPC Interface (CVE-2003-0352). [38]

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  9. Year 2000 problem - Wikipedia

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    Many tricks were used to squeeze needed data into fixed-field 80-character records. Saving two digits for every date field was significant in this effort. In the 1960s, computer memory and mass storage were scarce and expensive. Early core memory cost one dollar per bit.