The Truth About Y2K: What Did and Didn't Happen in the Year 2000
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Y2K refers to a computer glitch identified in some software systems that could have disrupted the transition from the year 1999 to 2000.
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What Was Y2K? – Vapor95
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The Truth About Y2K: What Did and Didn't Happen in the Year 2000
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What's a funny story you have from Y2K? : r/pcmasterrace
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Doomsday 2000/2038/2100
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Y2K: People Still Think 1999's Biggest Tech Scare Was A Hoax. It Wasn't.
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How the Year 2000 Problem Worked
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20 years after millennium bug fears, B.C. city plans to repeal Y2K policy
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Y2K Panic - Y2K Oral History - New Year's Eve 20 Years Ago
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10 Catastrophes Caused by the Y2K Bug & What it Was - Nostalgia Nerd
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If you think the millennium bug was a hoax, here comes a history lesson
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When GenZ is bringing back “Y2K” “000s” but this was the true “2000s vibe” literally wearing all 4 seasons at once💀 At least they're doing it better than we did🤦♀️ This
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Common Y2K fix a time bomb that goes off in 50 years