Definition of y2k

y2k    

noun - uncountable

• the year 2000.

  What did you do for New Year's on Y2K?

  • See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).

  Last edited on Feb 21 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

• the "year 2000 crisis", in which some computer software would experience failure upon entering the year 2000.

  They hired a hundred programmers specifically for Y2K.

  • See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).

  Last edited on Feb 21 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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