HTTP Status Codes
This status code informs the client that they need to authenticate themselves to receive the requested resource.
401
OHW
One Hero Web
Hilton was the first hotel chain to offer this form of in room electronic entertainment
Television
The Terminator
This software bug in AT&T’s long-distance network in 1990 caused 75 million phone calls to fail over a period of 9 hours.
AT&T Network Crash Bug
This status code is returned when the client sends a request with incorrect syntax, and the server cannot process it.
ROD
Release On Demand
This hotel is the longest continuously operating hotel in North America
The Palmer House
"Here's looking at you, kid"
Casablanca
This 1982 software bug in a Soviet gas pipeline’s SCADA system, introduced by the CIA as part of a cyber-espionage operation, led to an enormous explosion.
Siberian Pipeline Explosion Bug
This status code is used when a request method, like PUT or DELETE, is not allowed for the requested resource.
405
CPM
Content Presentation Manager
Hilton opened the worlds first airport hotel in 1959 in this city
San Francisco Airport Hilton
"There's no place like home"
The Wizard of Oz
This bug caused the world’s largest blackout in 2003, affecting 50 million people across the U.S. and Canada, due to a software error in an energy management system.
Northeast Blackout Bug
This status code is returned when a server is unable to handle the request due to temporary overload or maintenance.
503
GEM
Guest Experience Manager
This hotel was the first property ever purchased by Hilton founder Conrad Hilton
Mobley Hotel
"I feel the need—the need for speed"
Top Gun
A software bug in this trading firm’s algorithm caused it to lose $440 million in just 45 minutes, ultimately leading to its collapse.
Knight Capital Bug
This status code is humorously used to indicate that the server refuses to brew coffee because it is permanently a teapot.
418
RARE
Release and Reliability Engineering
This famous prohibition-era gangster would routinely spend time at the Empire Room at this hotel
Hilton Palmer House
"Why so serious?"
The Dark Knight
A software bug in the medical radiation device, Therac-25, led to massive overdoses of radiation being administered to patients, resulting in multiple deaths in the 1980s.
Therac-25 Bug