Computer bug shuts Tesco tills.A COMPUTER glitch A temporary or random hardware malfunction. It is possible that a bug in a program may cause the hardware to appear as if it had a glitch in it and vice versa. At times it can be extremely difficult to determine whether a problem lies within the hardware or the software. See glitch attack. shut down tills in Tesco stores yesterday. Shoppers around the country were left frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: when the tills went down at about 100 Tesco supermarkets. Stores in Wrexham, Mold, Ruthin and Llandudno Junction Coordinates: Llandudno Junction (Welsh: Cyffordd Llandudno), once known as Tremarl, is a small town in the county borough of Conwy. It is part of the ancient parish of Llangystennin, and it is located south of Llandudno. were among those affected. Customers had to queue as they were left with no choice but to use the self-service tills with the assistance of staff. An overnight computer update caused glitches at the main checkouts in a "minority" of stores across the UK, a spokeswoman for the company said. "We had an IT upgrade overnight which knocked out the cashier-operated tills at a tiny number of our stores. "Our IT people are currently working very hard to rectify the problem." Tesco said the spread of the bug appeared to be "random". |
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