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What is this Y2K / Millenium bug all about?

April 26, 2017bug millenium Y2K

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What is this Y2K / Millenium bug all about?

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The Y2K bug stands for Year 2000 (notice the k?) bug also known as the Millenium bug which can cost huge chaos is the computer world by altering the date.It all started nearly 30 years ago when computers were introduced. Programmers used 2 digits to record dates. The year “1987” would be recorded as “87” etc. All was well and the Y2K bug wasn’t noticed until the ’90s when the first alarm was started. By then, all computers were still using 2 digits to record years. Now the problem is when computers reach the year 2000, the date of the year will be reset to “00”.