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Y2K bug

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Y2K bug
n.
A defect in the code of a computer program caused when a year is represented by its last two digits only and the program interprets that year as falling inclusively between 1900 and 1999 instead of between 2000 and 2099. Also called millennium bug.


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and the mass stoppage gave rise to puns such as "Zunesday" and to comparisons with the overly hyped millennium Y2K bug.
and the mass stoppage gave rise to puns such as "Zunesday" and to comparisons with the overly hyped millennium Y2K bug.
Fears of the Y2K bug now seem distant, if not forgotten.
 
 
 
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