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Y2K is a numeronym and was the common abbreviation for the year 2000 software problem. The abbreviation combines the letter Y for "year", the number 2 and a capitalized version of k for the SI unit prefix kilo meaning 1000; hence, 2K signifies 2000.
Y2K may refer to: Y2K problem , a computer issue related to the year 2000 Year 2K, the year 2000 ("Y" stands for "year", and "K" stands for "kilo-", which means "thousand")
After a news conference, Rep. Stephen Horn, R-Calif., chairman of Government Management, Information & Technology, examines a chart showing his grades for each agency's progress on the Y2K ...
Y2K—Year Two Thousand; Y2K38—Year Two Thousand Thirty Eight; YAAF—Yet Another Application Framework; YACC—Yet Another Compiler Compiler; YAGNI—You Aren't Gonna Need It; YAML—YAML Ain't Markup Language; YARN—Yet Another Resource Negotiator; YaST—Yet another Setup Tool
Images of Y2K's bygone era show everything from people wearing gas masks to packing grocery carts full of necessities including water and toilet paper.
The Year 2000 computer problem has become a punchline in recent years, but the CrowdStrike outage shows the joke's on us.
The term 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.
According to Variety, when midnight strikes, the “Y2K apocalypse” triggers technical malfunctions that turn electronic devices and appliances at the party into weapons. The chaos escalates ...