Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the year 2000.
- adjective Of or relating to a defect in the code of a computer program caused when a year is represented by its last two digits only and the program interprets that year as falling inclusively between 1900 and 1999 instead of between 2000 and 2099.
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- noun computing : Abbreviation of
year 2000. - noun computing, by extension
Y2K bug
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- noun the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term Y2K itself suggested a new world awaited us.
Kenneth Kales: Understanding Understanding Kenneth Kales 2010
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The President mentioned two in particular -- the importance of cooperation between the European Union and Russia in dealing with what we call the Y2K issue, the problem of the computers not reading a four-digit 2000 figure and the disruption that this could potentially have.
Press Briefing On The Eu Summit ITY National Archives 1998
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Well, in Y2K we elected a defense contractor as vice-president.
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Yesterday while I was driving in my car, a heard a radio journalist on Safm describe the Millennium Bug - which is commonly referred to as Y2K as "the most dangerous formula ever since the creation of the formula for the nuclear bomb".
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A global alert had gone out 10 years ago amid widespread fears of a similar problem, dubbed Y2K, which is linked this time to some computer's inability to recognise the year 2010.
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Computer expert David Eddy, who may have coined the term Y2K, told American Radio Works: "I'd love to do a poll … and eliminate anybody that actually worked on year 2000 work and just talk to, what I would call civilians, and if you ask them, I bet you hard money that most civilians would say, 'Oh, Y2K, whole thing was a hoax.
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German bankcards are believed to be infected with a "Y2K" - like computer bug that has rendered the cards unable to ...
WN.com - Articles related to ICICI Bank to raise up to Rs 1,200 cr via bonds 2010
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These predictions are the economic equivalent of "Y2K" - always apocalyptic, never true, and all too frequently believed.
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These predictions are the economic equivalent of "Y2K" - always apocalyptic, never true, and all too frequently believed.
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Sony said in a blog post Monday that the problem was likely caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system, reminiscent of the so-called Y2K bug a decade ago.
Corporate Watch 2010
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He specializes in techy aesthetics such as synthwave, vaporwave, and Y2K.
Cottagecore Was Just the Beginning Kaitlyn Tiffany 2021
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