millennium bug (Y2K problem)

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• millennium bug — n. 1. the failure, in the programming of some software and chips prior to the beginning of the year 2000, to code year dates with all four digits, resulting in the Y2K problem 2. the Y2K problem: See Y2K …   English World dictionary

• millennium bug — mil*len ni*um bug (m[i^]l*l[e^]n n[i^]*[u^]m b[u^]g ), n. (Computers) An error in the coding of certain computer programs which store the year component of the date as two digits, assuming that the first two digits are 19, rather than as a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• millennium bug — Informal. a bug that can cause computers or software to misinterpret the first two digits of the year 2000 as 19, due to the coding of dates using only the last two digits of the year. [1990 95] * * * ▪ 1999       When the year 2000 arrived the… …   Universalium

• Y2K problem — n. A computer bug that, if not fixed, will cause computers and devices with embedded microchips to fail or produce erroneous results beginning on January 1, 2000. (Also known as the millennium bug.) Example Citation: Already struggling to wean… …   New words

• Millennium-Bug — Das Jahr 2000 Problem, auch als „Millennium Bug“ oder „Y2K Bug“ („Year 2 Kilo“ = Jahr 2000) bezeichnet, ist ein Computerproblem, welches durch die interne Behandlung von Jahreszahlen als zweistellige Angabe entstanden ist. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Millennium Bug — Das Jahr 2000 Problem, auch als „Millennium Bug“ oder „Y2K Bug“ („Year 2 Kilo“ = Jahr 2000) bezeichnet, ist ein Computerproblem, welches durch die interne Behandlung von Jahreszahlen als zweistellige Angabe entstanden ist. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• millennium bug — /məˈlɛniəm bʌg/ (say muh leneeuhm bug) noun Computers the inability of computer systems to recognise the abbreviation of the year 2000 as the final two digits 00 , in accordance with the convention that the year is reduced to the last two numbers …  

• millennium bug — noun A flaw in the design of very many computer systems in which the year was represented by just 2 digits (e.g. 1984 = 84); after 1999 this would give unpredictable results. Syn: Y2K bug, year 2000 problem …   Wiktionary

• Y2K — noun [uncountable] COMPUTING the year 2000, used especially when people are talking about the Millennium bug (= the problem that some computers had when the date changed in the year 2000): • The Y2K problem had a damaging effect on earnings in… …   Financial and business terms

• Y2K leap year bug — n. A computer problem involving software that has been programmed incorrectly to treat the year 2000 as a non leap year. Example Citation: And to add another cruel twist, a number of applications now in use have botched the dating scheme for leap …   New words

• Y2K bug — or Year 2000 bug or millennium bug Potential problem in computers and computer networks at the beginning of the year 2000. Until the 1990s, most computer programs used only the last two digits to designate the year, the first two digits being… …   Universalium