millennium bug

millennium bug
A flaw in the design of very many computer systems in which the year was represented by just 2 digits (e.g. 1984 = 84); after 1999 this would give unpredictable results.

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  • millennium bug — loc.s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS inform. errore di programmazione che, in alcuni vecchi software, impedisce di interpretare correttamente il passaggio di data all anno 2000 {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1998. ETIMO: comp. di millennium… …   Dizionario italiano

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  • millennium bug — ► NOUN ▪ an inability in older computing software to deal correctly with dates of 1 January 2000 or later …   English terms dictionary

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  • millennium bug — Informal. a bug that can cause computers or software to misinterpret the first two digits of the year 2000 as 19, due to the coding of dates using only the last two digits of the year. [1990 95] * * * ▪ 1999       When the year 2000 arrived the… …   Universalium

  • millennium bug — Informal. a bug that can cause computers or software to misinterpret the first two digits of the year 2000 as 19, due to the coding of dates using only the last two digits of the year. [1990 95] * * * millennium bug noun A deficiency in computer… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Millennium-Bug — Das Jahr 2000 Problem, auch als „Millennium Bug“ oder „Y2K Bug“ („Year 2 Kilo“ = Jahr 2000) bezeichnet, ist ein Computerproblem, welches durch die interne Behandlung von Jahreszahlen als zweistellige Angabe entstanden ist. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Millennium Bug — Das Jahr 2000 Problem, auch als „Millennium Bug“ oder „Y2K Bug“ („Year 2 Kilo“ = Jahr 2000) bezeichnet, ist ein Computerproblem, welches durch die interne Behandlung von Jahreszahlen als zweistellige Angabe entstanden ist. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • millennium bug — /məˈlɛniəm bʌg/ (say muh leneeuhm bug) noun Computers the inability of computer systems to recognise the abbreviation of the year 2000 as the final two digits 00 , in accordance with the convention that the year is reduced to the last two numbers …  

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