year 2000 problem

noun

The millennium bug.

Meanings

nounyear 2000 problem (plural year 2000 problems)

plural year 2000 problems

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

Spanish efecto 2000
  • efecto 2000a design flaw in computer systems which which could cause date calculations to fail after 1999
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