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Y2K
[ wahy-too-key ]
abbreviation for
- the year 2000.
- Also called millennium bug ( ), a bug that could cause computers or software to misinterpret a year after 1999 as having the first two digits 19 instead of 20, due to the coding of dates using only the last two digits of the four-digit year.
adjective
- relating to or characteristic of the late 1990s and early 2000s:
The outfit merges Y2K aesthetics with contemporary trends.
Y2K
noun
- another name for the year 2000 ad (esp referring to the millennium bug)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Y2K1
First recorded in 1995–2000; Y(ear) + 2 + K symbol for the number 1000
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Y2K1
C20: y ( ear ) + 2 + k (in the sense: thousand)
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