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Definition: Y2K |
Y2KNoun1. The year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Y2K Year 2000. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
Y2K | English | Year 2000 bug | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Y2K |
| Specialty definitions using "Y2K": X.12. (references) |
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Lyrics | Y2K don't mean a thing to me (A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K Verison); performing artist: Chad Brock) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Y2K (1999) Faithy Y2K (1999) Y2K (1998) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The MOH began preparing a list of all hospital equipment that need to be fixed to handle the Y2K problem. (references) | |
Market growth in 1999 was mainly attributed to large IT expenditures for services focusing on Y2K compliance and the Euro conversion. (references) | ||
This market growth was mainly attributed to large IT expenditures, which involved services focusing on Y2K compliance and to the Euro conversion. (references) | ||
Economic History | Laos | THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPOINTED A STEERING COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE AND COORDINATE NATIONAL Y2K REMEDIATION EFFORTS. (references) |
Cuba (09/01) | The official projections for 2000 are only slightly higher than in 1999. Independent analysts and journalists partially attributed low numbers in January to Y2K concerns. (references) | |
Australia | With Y2K fixes now well off the books of large corporations and mid-sized companies, those firms that have not fully implemented a web strategy will be well into their implementation phase. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "Y2K": Y2K bug ♦ Y2K compliant. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
y2k | 210 | bug screensaver y2k | 4 |
y2k bug | 36 | y2k humor | 4 |
motorcycle y2k | 23 | accounting y2k | 4 |
food storage y2k | 13 | cobra wheels y2k | 3 |
y2k marketing | 12 | y2k survival | 3 |
foolz y2k | 9 | erp y2k | 3 |
superbike y2k | 9 | hip hop y2k | 3 |
scare y2k | 8 | y2k millennium bug | 3 |
fact myth y2k | 6 | teutonia y2k | 3 |
y2k picture | 6 | cobra r rim y2k | 2 |
award bios patch y2k | 6 | motorcycle turbine y2k | 2 |
bike y2k | 5 | y2k game | 2 |
superbike turbine y2k | 5 | y2k update | 2 |
matrix y2k | 5 | cobra cobra r y2k | 2 |
y2k update for window 98 | 5 | cobra r y2k | 2 |
cobra r wheels y2k | 5 | usa y2k | 2 |
2 update y2k | 4 | turbine y2k | 2 |
arc compliance y2k | 4 | dtc 1181 y2k | 2 |
y2k problem | 4 | philippine y2k | 2 |
bike jet y2k | 4 | canada y2k | 2 |
y2k joke | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Y2K"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Japanese Kanji | '０００年問題対策済み (Y2K compliant), '０００年問題 (Y2K bug, year 2000 problem). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | にせ"ね"も" いたいさくすみ (Y2K compliant), にせ"ね"も" い (Y2K bug, year 2000 problem). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | y2kay | ||||
Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "2-k-y" | |
-1 letter: ky. | |
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