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  1. While a range of authors responded to this wave of concern, two of the most survival-focused texts to emerge were Boston on Y2K (1998) by Kenneth W. Royce and Mike Oehler's The Hippy Survival Guide to Y2K.

  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. Sep 23, 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. May 16, 2020 · Remember Y2K? This millennium bug was supposed to cause catastrophic problems on January 1, 2000. So, what really happened?

  5. 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 ."

  6. The term "Y2K" is a shorthand way of referring to the Year 2000 problem. The problem is that many computer systems store dates using only the last two digits of the year, which could cause some systems to misinterpret the year 2000 as the year 1900.

  7. Dec 16, 2020 · Two decades ago an existential threat brought the world together— the Y2K bug. In the late 1990s, computers were rapidly transforming how the world worked, but an invisible enemy loomed.

  8. Y2K is an abbreviation for the year 2000, and often refers to the Y2K bug and the widespread concerns over its effects. The concern was that as the calendar rolled over from the year 1999 to the year 2000, old computer systems would misinterpret the date and cause widespread system failures.

  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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