Y2K

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Y2K (w

-k

)

adj.

1. Of or relating to the year 2000.

2. Of or relating to the Y2K bug: Y2K compliance; Y2K testing.

[Alteration of y(ear) 2000, from K, symbol for 1000.]

Y2K

n Informal

another name for the year 2000 ad (esp referring to the millennium bug).

[y(ear) + 2 + k (in the sense: thousand)]

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Noun

Y2K - the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar

twelvemonth, year, yr - a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"

Translations

Y2K [ˌwaɪtuːˈkeɪ] ABBR =Year 2000 the Y2K problem (Comput) → el(problema del)efecto 2000

Y2K n abbr (=year 2000) → l'an m 2000

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