Year 2000 problem
id:
year-2000-problem-208-5681995
title:
Year 2000 problem
text:
The term year 2000 problem, or simply Y2K, refers to potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for dates in and after the year 2000. Many programs represented four-digit years with only the final two digits, making the year 2000 indistinguishable from 1900. Computer systems' inability to distinguish dates correctly had the potential to bring down worldwide infrastructures for computer reliant industries. In the years leading up to the turn of the millennium
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Computer bugs related to the year 2000
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem
date created:
2001-09-15T21:26:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T06:38:27Z
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