3M Licenses Program Encapsulation Patent from Turn of the Century Solution -- TOCS --.WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 1998--3M has purchased a worldwide license to use Program Encapsulation (1) In object technology, the creation of self-contained modules that contain both the data and the processing. See object-oriented programming. (2) The transmission of one network protocol within another. , Turn of the Century Solution LP's patented Year 2000 process, for many of its IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AS/400 computers. Program Encapsulation is a low-impact, rapid-remediation process for Year 2000 compliance which requires minimal change to computer programs. This is accomplished by shifting data back 28 years, allowing the encapsulated programs to avoid the Year 2000 bug n. 1. (Computers) an error in the coding of certain computer programs in which the year portion of dates was represented by only two decimal digits, assuming that the first two digits are "19". In such a program the the year 1975 is represented as "75". . 3M has successfully installed Program Encapsulation in selected international locations through use of the Resusitator2000(R) service provided by TOCS TOCS Twin Oaks Christian School (St. Louis, MO) TOCS Tactical Operation Combat System TOCS Transactions on Computer Systems Licensee Unbeaten Path International, Ltd. 3M now intends to independently extend the Program Encapsulation process to additional locations. TOCS LP, of Wayne, (www.tocs.com), developed and patented Program Encapsulation as a low-effort, low-risk alternative to date expansion and windowing For Northcoast Where we call someone over and then roll our window up on them. Bassline preference. For Example: "Hey, Andi." *insert window being rolled up* "HAHAHA. Year 2000 compliance strategies. 3M is a diversified, international manufacturing company with operations in more than 60 countries, and annual sales of $15 billion. Among its 50,000 product items are familiar Scotch brand tapes and Post-it brand repositionable notes. |
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