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__Y2K__  Also known as the Year 2000 Problem, the millennium bug, or the Y2K bug, this was a problem for computer-related and non-digital documentation and data-storage situations. Because computers were so important (just about everybody in developed countries used them), if computers failed it could lead to the end of the world. At least, that's what some people thought. How the bug worked: What ultimately happened:
 * many computer programs stored years as two decimal digits instead of four (1985 would be 85). But the problem was, 2000 would be indistinguishable from 1900, or 2000 would become 19100.
 * this could lead to computer failure or data comparisons to be incorrect
 * embedded systems where expected to fail, leading to the failure of of crucial infrastructures
 * on January 1st, 2000, only minor problems occurred (and problems didn't always have to start at midnight)
 * some of these technological glitches just happened to be on that date
 * preparation might have helped in stopping problems (the U.S. spent an estimated 134 billion dollars preparing for it, partly by creating the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act, which planned for the event)

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