n.
The concern that a future 5-digit (10,000+ points) Dow Jones Industrial Average could create problems for financial software coded to accept only 4-digit numbers.
(cf. Y2K: the Year 2000 problem.)
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"Curious speculation swirls around the prospect of a 10,000-point Dow Jones industrial average. At least some are concerned that the milestone—the first time the market indicator would be expressed in five digits—might create a problem similar to the year 2000 debacle, that computers used to four-digit Dows aren't prepared to handle. It's already being dubbed the D10K problem."
—June Arney, "Dow 10,000 already regarded as D10K problem for computers," The Sun (Baltimore)
—June Arney, "Dow 10,000 already regarded as D10K problem for computers," The Sun (Baltimore)
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