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Y10K bug

Y10K bug proper noun: a bug like the millennium bug, that arises when a 4‐digit year system — from "0000" to "9999" — fails to display, store or calculate the year 10,000 or any later year.

Proper noun

Y10K bug

  1. (humorous, often) A bug like the millennium bug, that arises when a 4‐digit year system — from "0000" to "9999" — fails to display, store or calculate the year 10,000 or any later year.

Origin of Y10K bug

Abbreviation of year 10 or 000 (10k) bug. Based on the Y2K bug.

Words that rhyme with Y10K bug

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Questions about Y10K bug

What does Y10K bug mean?
Y10K bug means a bug like the millennium bug, that arises when a 4‐digit year system — from "0000" to "9999" — fails to display, store or calculate the year 10,000 or any later year.
What part of speech is Y10K bug?
Y10K bug is a proper noun.

Words near Y10K bug in the dictionary

  1. Y/D
  2. y/n
  3. y/o
  4. y/y
  5. Y10K
  6. Y10K bug
  7. Y2K
  8. Y2K aesthetic
  9. Y2K bug
  10. Y2K futurism
  11. Y2K pink

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