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Y2K Definition

Y2K

Etymology: Y(ear) + 2 + K, abbrev. for the number 1000

the year 2000
Y2K Idioms

Y2K problem

the predicted malfunction of some computer systems prior to or at the beginning of the year 2000 because of their inability to distinguish between dates in the 1900s and dates in the 2000s: this inability results from the coding of year dates in some software and chips with only the final two, rather than all four, digits
Y2K Finance Definition
Shorthand for the year 2000, it came to mean specifically the potential difficulty that corporate, governmental, and financial computer systems might have encountered if programming changes were not made. Before 2000, many computer programs allocated space for only two digits in the year instead of four (98 meant 1998, 99 meant 1999, and so on). Once Jan. 1, 2000 arrived, computers would have read the year as 1900 and potentially wiped out data or locked-up computer systems.
Y2K (Year 2000) Telecom Definition
See yy.

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