
Year 2000 problem - Wikipedia
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 …
What Is Y2K — And Why Were People So Afraid Of It? - All That's ...
2024年12月31日 · Why People Across The World Were Worried About The Y2K Bug. The millennium bug, or the Year 2000 bug, is commonly abbreviated as Y2K. It was, at its most …
7 Problems Y2K Actually Caused - Mental Floss
2019年12月27日 · We know now that humanity came out of Y2K relatively unscathed, after spending an estimated $300 billion to $600 billion to fix potential problems in the years before …
The Truth About Y2K: What Did and Didn't Happen in the Year 2000
2024年5月31日 · Y2K refers to a computer glitch identified in some software systems that could have disrupted the transition from the year 1999 to 2000.
How Americans prepared for Y2K : NPR
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 …
What Was the Y2K Bug, and Why Did It Terrify the World? - How-To Geek
2020年5月16日 · Billions of dollars were spent addressing the Y2K bug. Government, military, and corporate systems were all at risk, yet we made it through, more or less, unscathed. So, was …
Y2K bug | Definition, Hysteria, & Facts | Britannica
2025年3月18日 · Y2K bug, a problem in the coding of computerized systems that was projected to create havoc in computers and computer networks around the world at the beginning of the …
20 Years Ago, Y2K Hysteria Cost the U.S. $100 Billion - People.com
2019年4月12日 · 20 Years Ago, Y2K Hysteria Led to Emergency Bunkers and Cost the U.S. $100 Billion "If something happens and I didn't prepare my family, I couldn't live with myself," said …
Y2K是啥?20年前的时髦,却在20年后爆火? - 知乎
“Y2K”中的“Y”代表“year”,“2K”即“2000”,这个名字源自“ 千年虫 ”,一个令世界人心惶惶,最终却没啥影响的电脑Bug:当时全世界都在担心千禧年到来,计算机会把2000年解析为1900 年, …
The Y2K Story: Exclusive Series - CNN
By 1999 computers had transformed everyday life around the world, but an invisible digital enemy called Y2K threatened to bring it all down. Would the electrical grid collapse? Would planes fall...