Year 2000 problem - Wikipedia
The term year 2000 problem, [1] 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 ...
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...
The year a computer bug threatened to bring down modern civilization - CNN
Dec 16, 2020 · In the late 1990s, computers were rapidly transforming how the world worked, but an invisible enemy loomed. A computer glitch in the rollover from 1999 to 2000 threatened to bring down civilization...
25 years after Y2K: Implications then and now - Fox 8 Cleveland …
2 days ago · CLEVELAND (WJW) — Twenty-five years ago, a fear gripped the world. The Y2K bug.
The Y2K Bug Total Non-Event: 25 Years On, What Was That All …
Nov 10, 2024 · More terrifying than anything with six legs or a poisonous sting in its tail, the Y2K Bug threatened to bring down the world one computer at a time.
20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those ... - TIME
Dec 30, 2019 · After a sigh of relief in the first few days of January 2000, Y2K morphed into a punch line. What would have happened if nobody prepared?
24 years later, Y2K caught up to us - Yahoo News
Jul 19, 2024 · Not only is a Y2K-level event possible — it just happened. Just like that, the entire technical infrastructure of our world collapsed in a moment. Seemingly everything except our own personal...
Y2K News
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The 'nothing-happened' Y2K bug – and how IT squashed it
Jan 17, 2024 · Today, more than 20 years after the date-field imposed deadline passed, the Millennium Bug — or Y2K problem — still gets a mixed reception. While many in the industry see it as a job well done — or at least adequately done — it has also become a byword for the over-reach of experts.
The New York Times: The Y2K Problem
Y2K Behind Credit Card Machine Failure By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ( December 30 ) Thousands of British bargain hunters were stranded at the cash register after their credit cards were improperly...