2006-06-29 08:59:34 · 14 answers · asked by Norma G 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
year 2000...
2006-06-29 09:02:29 · answer #1 · answered by devhelper 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Y2k Stands For
2016-12-15 09:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Year 2000 is abbreviated Y2K
2006-06-29 09:10:48 · answer #3 · answered by xmltrends 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It stands for the year 2000. Most computers were programmed to accept just the last two numbers in any date. Since no one knew for certain what was going to happen when the new century began, they had to make their best guess and hope it was correct.
There were all kinds of worst case scenarios floating around out there. Many people stockpiled enough food and water for many months. They wanted to be prepared if everything stopped working at midnight 31 December 1999/1 January 2000. Of course, it didn't and everything was fine.
2006-06-29 09:06:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
year 2000...and y2k was used for the problem that was supposed to face by the start of year 2000
2006-06-29 10:01:09 · answer #5 · answered by anonymous 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a term used in the late 1990's to describe the "Year 2000", it was believed that computer would default to another year in the 1900's rather than changing to 2000 after December 31, 1999 at 11:59.59 pm in return causing chaos and disappearance of deposits in banks and causing missles to launch. Some people went as far as making "bunkers" with food supplies or removing all their money from banks. The most affected were financial institutions, government agencies, airlines, and communication agencies to name a few. During that period, (late 1990's) the largest amount of capital to date was used to upgrade the infrastructure to bring all the computers to par.
2006-06-29 09:14:26 · answer #6 · answered by Marine Guy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It stands for "year 2000"
2006-06-29 09:02:31 · answer #7 · answered by ec 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
year 2000
2006-06-29 09:02:31 · answer #8 · answered by juggalohomie6 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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K is short for kilo, which means a thousand. Ever heard of the kilogram (1000 grams), kilometer (1000 meters), and so on? 2k = 2000
2016-04-04 00:43:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's slang/shorthand for "year 2000"; y is for year, and k is short for kilo, the prefix referring to a thousand. Therefore, "2k" refers to two thousand.
2006-06-29 09:05:02 · answer #10 · answered by ensign183 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the computer glitch that was suppose to effect all known computers when the year 2000 hit
2006-06-29 09:04:15 · answer #11 · answered by myke_n_ykes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋