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.

2024年5月31日 · Y2K was commonly used to refer to a widespread computer programming shortcut that was expected to cause extensive havoc as the year changed from 1999 to 2000. The change was expected to bring...

2019年12月27日 · We know now that humanity came out of Y2K relatively unscathed, after spending an estimated $300 billion to $600 billion to fix potential problems in the years before the millennium. But still, a...

2020年5月16日 · Billions of dollars were spent addressing the Y2K bug. Government, military, and corporate systems were all at risk, yet we made it through, more or less, unscathed. So, was the threat even real?

2023年5月29日 · At worst, Y2K was dismissed as an outright hoax, a source of needless stress, as well as a colossal waste of time and money, especially for those who bought expensive home generators and bunkers full of canned goods.

2024年12月31日 · Today, “Y2K” often refers to a popular fashion choice that resembles the styles that were worn in the early 2000s. However, that term stems from what was once a very real concern about the turn of the millennium and how that …

2025年3月18日 · 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 (in metric measurements, k stands for 1,000).

2020年12月16日 · The threat was a computer error that could not recognize the turn of the digital dial to 2000. But was the crisis real? The answer may surprise you.

2024年12月27日 · Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing problems.

2019年12月30日 · Y2K was the great glitch in computer systems that looked capable of destroying civilisation at the stroke of midnight on the millennium. In the end, however, nothing much went wrong. Some people...