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year 2000, n. Computing.
Brit. |ˌjɪə tuː ˈθaʊznd|, |jəː tuː ˈθaʊznd|, U.S. |ˈˌjɪ(ə)r tu ˈθaʊzn(d)|
Forms: also with capital initial.
[‹ year n.1 + two adj. + thousand n. and adj.]
attrib. Designating or relating to computer problems arising from the inability of certain software and firmware to deal correctly with dates of 1 January 2000 or later, owing to the numerical representation of calendar years by the last two digits only; freq. in year 2000 compliant, year 2000 problem. Cf. millennium bug n. at millennium n. Compounds 2.
1993PC Week (Nexis) 18 Oct. 71 When the clock ticks over into the new century, systems that recognize only dates in the 20th century will be ineffective. ‘CSA would help you find all the year 2000 problem occurrences,’ Errico said. 1998Las Vegas Rev.-Jrnl. (Nexis) 23 Aug. k1 Left uncorrected, the Year 2000 computer flaw, commonly known as Y2K, could threaten the world's electrical grids, its financial markets, its water supplies and its air-traffic control systems. 2000Western Daily Press (Bristol) (Electronic ed.) 3 Jan. The massive cost of checking that businesses were Year 2000 compliant is being questioned. |