Y2K

Meaning

1. Pertaining to the Y2K aesthetic.
2. Millennium bug.
3. Abbreviation of year 2000.
4. The Y2K scare.

Etymology / origin

Abbreviated from "year 2000", with "K" standing for 1000, as in the prefix kilo- though capital K as a prefix is often used as ×1024 instead of ×1000. The correct S.I. Prefix for ×1000 is lowercase k.

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