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Article: DISPLAY: D10K BUG BITES DOW JONES.(web site cannot display Dow Jones industrial average over 10,0000 points)
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- Pensions & Investments
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- April 5, 1999
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Funny. Or ironic.
There has been a so-called D10K computer problem -- and it was at Dow Jones & Co.
D10K is the capability of systems to handle a five-digit Dow Jones industrial average. Although everyone knew that 10,000 was coming, Dow Jones' own Web site initially wasn't able to report any number higher than 9,999.99.
For every day the DJIA reached the 10,000 threshold, the Web site displayed only *,***.**. The asterisks apparently indicated the data field couldn't accommodate more than a four-digit number, although the Web site offered no explanation.
After the market hit 10,000 for the first time, a report in The Wall Street ...