Y2K
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English
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Etymology
Abbreviated from "year 2000", with "K" standing for 1000, as in the prefix kilo-
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Abbreviation
Y2K or, less commonly, Y2k
- (computing{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}): The year 2000 (in relation to anticipated problems caused by computers storing the year as two digits, thereby possibly rendering 2000 as 1900)
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