The term year 2000 problem, [1] 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 …

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 …

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 …

2019年12月30日 · After the collective sigh of relief in the first few days of January 2000, however, Y2K morphed into a punch line, as relief gave way to derision — as is so often the case when …

2020年1月1日 · There were three explicit threads of reasoning behind the Y2K disaster scenarios: Catastrophic Y2K pre-testing. There had, according to numerous reports, been several roll-the …

2019年9月11日 · Some hailed the Y2K update efforts an overall success, yet others remained skeptical and still considered the issue a hoax. In any case, the bug had caused no epidemic …

2019年12月30日 · Two flawed understandings drove the idea that Y2K was all just an expensive hoax: that anticipated and much-hyped international failures did not happen, and that nothing …

2019年9月11日 · Some hailed the Y2K update efforts an overall success, yet others remained skeptical and still considered the issue a hoax. In any case, the bug had caused no epidemic …

2000年1月17日 · The Y2K fraud caused massive unnecessary psychological and emotional stress to untold individuals, especially the elderly who did not have a clue what to do but follow the …

2025年1月1日 · And after the anticlimactic New Year, Y2K became a punchline for some, while others considered it a hoax. In a letter to the editor of the St. Petersburg Times, one reader …