Y2K
The millennium bugThe millennium bug.
Meaning
2 senses(metonymically, uncountable)The millennium bug.
The millennium bug.
(broadly, metonymically, uncountable)The Y2K scare.
- the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar
Origin
Abbreviated from the year 2000, where K denotes 1,000, derived from the prefix “kilo-.” HoAbbreviated from the year 2000, where K denotes 1,000, derived from the prefix “kilo-.” However, according to the International System of Units (SI), the correct prefix for 1,000 is the lowercase k. The uppercase K is sometimes used informally, particularly in computing contexts, where it may denote 1,024 rather than 1,000.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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