 The Y2K Bug: When “00” Meant Trouble  As the year 2000 approached, a tiny coding shortcut sparked worldwide panic. Early programmers saved memory by writing years as two digits (e.g., “99” instead of “1999”). But when the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2000, computers risked reading “00” as 1900. | Christopher Bertram | Facebook

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