TALLINN - In 1990, a 107-year-old woman in Denmark received a letter from the local school congratulating her for starting the first grade. In 1992, in America, one Mary Bander received an invitation to kindergarten because computer records showed she was born in '88. She was born in 1888.These are funny examples of the computer confusion behind what has come to be known as the year 2000 or millennium bug. Earlier this century, in an attempt to save computer memory, programmers adopted a two-digit system to represent the year. So when Jan. 1, 2000 hits, computers will recognize the date as ...
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