{"id":1357,"date":"2015-07-09T12:11:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T18:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2020-09-01T12:44:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T18:44:26","slug":"aint-that-a-glitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/aint-that-a-glitch\/","title":{"rendered":"ain’t that a glitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

yesterday, as\u00a0various big companies experienced technical problems with their computer systems, the word was all over the news. adam chandler<\/strong> <\/p>\n

major glitches<\/em> caused delays and suspensions across the airline, financial, and media industries.<\/h4>\n

a glitch<\/strong><\/em> is a fault\u00a0<\/em>or failure<\/em>.
\n\"router\"united<\/a><\/p>\n

a\u00a0<\/em>glitch<\/span><\/em>\u00a0with a router led to<\/a>\u00a0delays for united flights (gettyimages, keith myers)<\/em><\/h5>\n

united<\/span><\/strong> was the airline that suffered these problems, <\/em>and<\/p>\n

the culprit<\/em> was later determined to be a router that \u201cdegraded network connectivity\u201d<\/h4>\n

culprit<\/strong><\/em> refers to the guilty party or what was responsible for an incident<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"nyse<\/a><\/h5>\n
the new york stock exchange on a normal day<\/em><\/h5>\n

in the financial industry<\/p>\n

another glitch<\/em> caused trading in all securities to be suspended on the new york stock exchange.<\/h4>\n

the new york stock exchange<\/strong> (nyse) is located on wall street in manhattan (new york city). \u00a0investors can buy and sell securities there.<\/p>\n

NYSE, SEC Suspect\u00a0<\/span>Software Update Triggered<\/em> Trading Halt<\/span><\/h1>\n

triggered<\/strong><\/em> means caused<\/em>. \u00a0the sec<\/strong> is the s<\/strong>ecurities e<\/strong>xchange c<\/strong>ommission<\/em> (u.s.). one of their\u00a0responsibilities is monitoring the new york stock exchange.<\/p>\n

\"finger<\/a><\/h6>\n
finger on the trigger<\/span>. pulling the trigger causes<\/span> the gun to discharge (hellinahandbasket.net)<\/em><\/h5>\n

the media company affected by a glitch<\/em> is also located on wall street:\u00a0the wall street journal<\/strong>. their website was down, but as chandler explains<\/p>\n

by early afternoon, the site was back up, featuring stories about all the other glitches<\/em>.<\/h4>\n

several famous video game glitches<\/em>\u00a0are documented on youtube<\/p>\n