the millennium bug

A frustration or complaint only experienced by privileged individuals in wealthy countries. / {{quote-journal / For more quotations using this term, see Citations:first world problem.

(mathematics) The problem of predicting the motion of a group of celestial objects that interact with each other gravitationally.

(philosophy) The problem, considered by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) and other philosophers, of whether it is possible for a private language to exist.

(computing theory) A generalization of the shortest path problem to graphs that are only partially observable (i.e. the graph is revealed while it is being explored).

Alternative form of chicken-or-egg question

(computing) An issue for computing and data storage situations in which time values are stored or calculated as a signed 32-bit integer, and this number is interpreted as the number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970. Such implementations cannot encode times after 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038

A mathematical problem in which a set of deliveries must be made along a set of available routes between fixed sources and destinations, within limited time periods, and with the possibility of changing vehicles during a trip.

A particularly complex or challenging problem or puzzle.

Alternative form of measurement problem