millennium bug

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Definition of millennium bug in English English dictionary

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

Hyphenation

mil·len·ni·um bug

Turkish pronunciation

mıleniım bʌg

Synonyms

y2k bug, year 2000 problem

Pronunciation

/məˈlenēəm ˈbəg/ /məˈlɛniːəm ˈbʌɡ/