The term year 2000 problem, also commonly known as the year 2000 bug, Y2K problem, Y2K scare, millennium bug, Y2K bug, Y2K glitch, or Y2K error or simply Y2K, refers to potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of …

2019年12月26日 · In 1999, Y2K was shorthand for a computer bug that many believed would break the world's electronic systems. They were convinced the bug would prevent online clocks from turning forward to 2000,...

2024年12月31日 · Banks would fail, planes would fall out of the sky, and the world would be plunged into chaos, all because computer programmers had seemingly failed to think far enough ahead. Although this might seem a bit silly in hindsight, there was a very real media frenzy and societal panic about Y2K — and those concerns might not have been totally invalid.

BOB: The Y2K frenzy is the logical result of the information technology industry that spawned it: A giant game of promises, fear, uncertainty, and doubt backed by bad decisions.

2025年2月3日 · On this page you will find the When Y2K frenzy was at its peak crossword clue answers and solutions. This clue was last seen on February 3 2025 at the popular Universal Crossword Puzzle

By BARNABY FEDER ( December 28 ) With four days until the year 2000, the prevailing view is that the technical glitches are likely to have limited impact. Bigger disruptions could come, experts...

2009年12月28日 · On the eve of Y2K’s 10-year anniversary, Computerworld asked a few veterans to recall the good and bad that came from the whole Year 2000 experience, and to share some of the crazy things that...

2000年1月5日 · HERE'S one view of the Y2K frenzy: Never have so many worried so much about so little. Another view: All the hype and worry actually kept the Y2K problem in check. People were so afraid of a crisis t…

2019年10月16日 · Y2K preparation, along with the dot-com boom that ran concurrently with the Millennium Bug frenzy, was " one of the single biggest drivers for packaged software."

2024年12月28日 · In December 1999, the world prepared for the impending global meltdown known as Y2K. It all stemmed from a seemingly small software glitch: Many older computer programs had coded dates using only two numbers for the year. At midnight on Dec. 31, a misinterpretation of "00" in the year 2000 might cause widespread errors leading to mass panic.