But in large corporate computer systems, these patches can have an impact on other internal systems.

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Jan Verplancke, the chief information officer of Standard Chartered, says that international banks build their large computer systems in the places that have the most reliable communications and power networks and are least prone to natural disasters.

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Perfect Citizen will look at large, typically older computer control systems that were often designed without Internet connectivity or security in mind.

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Uncertainty quantification, or "UQ, " is the quantitative characterization and reduction of uncertainty in computer applications through running very large suites of calculations to characterize the effects of minor differences in the systems.

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