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Y2K, n. Computing slang.
Brit. |ˌwʌɪtuːˈkeɪ|, U.S. |ˌwaɪˌtuˈkeɪ|
[‹ Y n., abbreviation of year + 2 (in 2000) + K n. (see K n. 3h).]
The year 2000. Also Computing: the year 2000 problem (cf. year 2000 n.).
1995Computing Canada (Nexis) 20 Dec. 1 A major reason we're in this Y2K pickle is that, as far as senior (business) management is concerned, these systems simply don't exist as a key component of corporate productivity. 1997Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 18 Dec. f1 This bash..manages to cash in a little on Y2K fever by billing itself as the ‘Pre-Millennium Party’. 1998Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 29 Sept. 27 Insurance companies are reviewing policy wordings to ensure losses arising from Y2K problems are specifically excluded. 2001Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 2 Jan. The Millennium Bug—known to its friends as Y2K—was supposed to make planes crash out of the sky..and businesses to fail. 2001Evening Post (Bristol) (Electronic ed.) 11 Jan. Summarise Y2K: It's been brilliant in Bristol. |