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(Computers) an error in the coding of certain computer programs in which the year portion of dates was represented by only two decimal digits, assuming that the first two digits are "19". In such a program the the year 1975 is represented as "75". This was a common practise in computer programming even into the 1990's, as many programmers failed to consider that their programs would be used after the year 1999. Thus, with such a program, a person born in 2000 would be considered as 101 years old in 2001; many different serious problems, as various as the programs, could be caused by such an error.

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year 2000 compliant			14 Kyodo Most Singaporeans are confident their country is well-prepared for the Year 2000 bug, but many still fear it will affect the banking sector, according to the results of a poll released Tuesday. Most Singaporeans polled fear Y2K glitch at banks by Asian Economic News With multiple stand alone PCs running independent applications, checking for Year 2000 bugs re-entering systems, through unauthorized CDs, disks and the internet is costly and time-consuming," said Rob Furnivall, sales manager at Provo, Utah-based Novell. Sage and Novell Ally for Small Businesses Accountancy by Computergram International Byline: Eileen Glanton Associated Press Stocks tumbled Monday as investors shed Internet and bank shares, fearing that profits will be hampered in coming months by threats as diverse as higher interest rates and the Year 2000 bug. DOW TAKES SLIDE; BANKS, NET LEAD DOWNHILL RUN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			yaws yay Yazd Yazoo Yazoo Fraud Yazoo River Yb YBA Ybe Ybit YC Ycleped yclept yd yd. Ydo Ydrad ye yea yea-sayer Yead yeah yean yeanling year year 2000 bug year 2000 compliant Year and a day year dot year of grace Year's purchase year-around year-end year-round Yeara yearbook Yeardley Yeared yearling yearlong yearly yearn yearned-for yearner Yearnful yearning yearningly Yearnings years Yearth yeast			Yeahronimo Media Ventures, Inc. yeahs Yealmbridge Yealmbridge Yealmbridge Yeamans Park Presbyterian Church yean yean yeaned yeaning yeanling yeans YEAP year year year year year year Year 1,000,000,000,000,000 problem Year 10^100 problem Year 10^40 problem Year 12 Year 12 Year 13 Year 13 Year 2 Grand Year 2,000 problem Year 2000 Year 2000 year 2000 bug year 2000 compliant year 2000 compliant Year 2000 Kaos :-) Year 2000 Lessons Learned Year 2000 Operations Evaluation Year 2000 Operations Evaluation Conference Year 2000 problem Year 2000 problem Year 2000 Working Group Year 2001 Year 2002 Year 2038 bug Year 2038 problem Year 2039 problem Year 2100 problem Year 292,271,021,075 problem Year 292,277,026,596 problem Year 292,471,208,678 problem Year 4000 Year 7,000,000,000 problem year after year Year Ago Year and a Day Year and day year bill Year Bills

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