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Etymology
Abbreviated from "year 2000", with "K" standing for 1000, as in the prefix kilo-

abbreviation
Y2K? or, less commonly, Y2k

1. computing: The year 2000 (in relation to anticipated problems caused by computers storing the year as two digits, thereby possibly rendering 2000 as 1900)

See also
millennium bug

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