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 …

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 year 2000. After over a year of international alarm, few major failures occurred in the transition from December 31, 1999, to January 1, 2000.

2024年5月31日 · Y2K is the shorthand term for "the year 2000." Y2K was commonly used to refer to a widespread computer programming shortcut that was expected to cause extensive havoc as the year changed from...

2019年9月11日 · The term Year 2000 bug, also known as the millennium bug and abbreviated as Y2K, referred to potential computer problems which might have resulted when dates used in computer systems moved from the ye...

2020年5月16日 · Long before 1999, governments and companies worldwide had been working hard to find fixes and implement work-arounds for Y2K. At first, it seemed the simplest fix was to expand the date or year field to hold two more digits, add 1900 to each year value, and ta-da!

2024年12月21日 · 随之而来的是一场全球性的努力，以准备应对y2k。 当2000年1月1日到来时——实际上并没有发生太多事情。 在上面的音频中，我们回顾了Y2K的背景，采访了休斯顿大学霍比公共事务学院的副教授克里斯·布朗克。

2014年12月31日 · Y2K-problem lawsuits began to be filed. Wilderness-survival bootcamps suddenly got more popular. NBC made a made-for-TV movie about the coming disaster. So it’s no wonder people were worried.

2019年12月27日 · To find out the truth, we spoke to the people who witnessed it firsthand: those brave souls who toiled in the IT trenches, surrounded by other underslept programmers, probably while crouched...

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 year 2000. After over a year of international alarm, few major failures occurred in the transition from December 31, 1999, to January 1, 2000.

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...