Word: localitis
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...according to Lichten, many of these local systems were installed up to 10 years ago and therefore cannot store the 6,500 ID numbers that would be necessary to ensure access for the entire student population...
According to Director of Physical Resources Michael N. Lichten, the delay in implementing universal access stems from insufficient memory in "local" processing systems--computers located at each House which regulate entry for certain House doors...
...local computers store the ID numbers of students who are allowed to enter individual doors...
...central computer] is down, or if you're servicing it, or if lightning strikes, local processors keep working," Lichten said...
...said when the local processors were originally installed, he believes the systems' memory capacity at the time was "state...