English
wikipedia
Etymology
Abbreviated from "year 2000", with "K" standing for 1000, as in the prefix kilo-
abbreviation
Y2K? or, less commonly, Y2k
- computing: The year 2000 (in relation to anticipated problems caused by computers storing the year as two digits, thereby possibly rendering 2000 as 1900)
See also
millennium bug
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