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  1. The year 2000 problem, or simply Y2K, refers to potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for dates in and after the year 2000. Many programs represented four-digit years with only the final two digits, making the year 2000 indistinguishable from 1900.

  2. May 31, 2024 · Y2K refers to a computer glitch identified in some software systems that could have disrupted the transition from the year 1999 to 2000.

  3. Jun 5, 2024 · Y2K bug, a problem in the coding of computerized systems that was projected to create havoc in computers and computer networks around the world at the beginning of the year 2000. After over a year of international alarm, few major failures occurred in the transition from December 31, 1999, to January 1, 2000.

  4. The Y2K bug was a computer flaw, or bug, that may have caused problems when dealing with dates beyond December 31, 1999. The flaw , faced by computer programmers and users all over the world on January 1, 2000, is also known as the "millennium bug ."

  5. Dec 27, 2019 · Y2K was not the world-ending catastrophe that the media, governments, and tech gurus had predicted. But it still led to some weird, expensive, and sometimes hilarious glitches. AMAZING FACTS

  6. May 16, 2020 · Remember Y2K? This millennium bug was supposed to cause catastrophic problems on January 1, 2000. So, what really happened?

  7. Dec 30, 2019 · After a sigh of relief in the first few days of January 2000, Y2K morphed into a punch line. What would have happened if nobody prepared?

  8. Dec 16, 2020 · A computer glitch in the rollover from 1999 to 2000 threatened to bring down civilization as we knew it. Experts sounded the alarm, and politicians listened. Crisis was averted due to the ...

  9. Y2K bug, a problem in the coding of computerized systems that was projected to create havoc in computers and computer networks around the world at the beginning of the year 2000. After over a year of international alarm, few major failures occurred in the transition from December 31, 1999, to January 1, 2000.

  10. The term Year 2000 bug, also known as the millennium bug and abbreviated as Y2K, referred to potential computer problems which might have resulted when dates used in computer systems moved from the year 1999 to the year 2000.

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