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  2. Time formatting and storage bugs - Wikipedia

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    The term year 2000 problem, or simply Y2K, refers to potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for dates in and after the year 2000. Many programs represented four-digit years with only the final two digits, making the year 2000 indistinguishable from 1900.

  3. Leap year problem - Wikipedia

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    The leap year problem (also known as the leap year bug or the leap day bug) is a problem for both digital (computer-related) and non-digital documentation and data storage situations which results from errors in the calculation of which years are leap years, or from manipulating dates without regard to the difference between leap years and common years.

  4. Return period - Wikipedia

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    For example, a 10-year flood has a 1/10 = 0.1 or 10% chance of being exceeded in any one year and a 50-year flood has a 0.02 or 2% chance of being exceeded in any one year. This does not mean that a 100-year flood will happen regularly every 100 years, or only once in 100 years. Despite the connotations of the name "return period".

  5. Year 1900 problem - Wikipedia

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    The year 1900 problem concerns the misinterpretation of years recorded by only their last two digits, and whether they occurred before or after the year 1900. Unlike the year 2000 problem , it is not tied to computer software alone, since the problem existed before electronic computers did and has also cropped up in manual systems.

  6. Don't repeat yourself - Wikipedia

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    "Don't repeat yourself" (DRY), also known as "duplication is evil", is a principle of software development aimed at reducing repetition of information which is likely to change, replacing it with abstractions that are less likely to change, or using data normalization which avoids redundancy in the first place.

  7. List of Major League Baseball single-game records - Wikipedia

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    4 home runs in a game 18: Baseball Almanac: 6 or more runs scored in a game 19: Baseball Almanac: 7 or more runs scored in a game 1: Guy Hecker. August 15, 1886 [10] Home run on first pitch in the major leagues: 3: Baseball Almanac: Home run in final at bat in the major leagues: 69: Baseball Almanac: Home run in first at bat in the major ...

  8. Annual enrollment - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, annual enrollment (also known as open enrollment or open season) is a period of time, usually but not always occurring once per year, when employees of companies and organizations, including the government, [1] may make changes to their elected employee benefit options, such as health insurance.

  9. Same Time, Next Year (play) - Wikipedia

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    Same Time, Next Year is a 1975 romantic comedy play by Bernard Slade. The plot focuses on two people, married to others, who meet for a romantic tryst once a year for two dozen years. The plot focuses on two people, married to others, who meet for a romantic tryst once a year for two dozen years.