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'''Y2K''' was the common abbreviation for the year 2000 software problem. The abbreviation combines the letter ''Y'' for "year", and ''k'' for the Greek prefix [[kilo]] meaning 1000; hence, ''2K'' signifies 2000. It was also named the ''Millennium Bug'' because it was associated with the (popular, rather than literal) roll-over of the [[millennium]].

First of all, the Y2K so called crisis is evidence of scientists getting it wrong. They got it wrong in 2000 and many people argue they have got global warming wrong which is credible as the Earth is getting cooler. Anyway, The Year 2000 problem was the subject of the early book, "Computers in Crisis" by Jerome and Marilyn Murray (Petrocelli, 1984; reissued by McGraw-Hill under the title "The Year 2000 Computing Crisis" in 1996). The first recorded mention of the Year 2000 Problem on a [[Usenet]] newsgroup occurred Saturday, [[January 19]], [[1985]] by Usenet poster Spencer Bolles.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/ Google Groups] - <span class="plainlinks">[http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=33600196 net].[http://groups.google.com/group/net.bugs/topics bugs]</span> - "[http://groups.google.com/group/net.bugs/browse_thread/thread/64696a1b035aab72/e08bf2a04ec7e754?lnk=gst&q=2000&rnum=1&fwc=2 Computer bugs in the year 2000]." Retrieved on [[22 April]] [[2007]].</ref>

The acronym Y2K has been attributed to David Eddy, a Massachusetts programmer,<ref>[http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/index.html American RadioWorks] [http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/y2k/notebook.html Y2K Notebook Problems] - ''[http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/y2k/a2.html The Surprising Legacy of Y2K]''. Retrieved on [[22 April]] [[2007]].</ref> in an e-mail sent on [[June 12]], [[1995]]. He later said, "People were calling it CDC (Century Date Change) and FADL (Faulty Date Logic). There were other contenders. It just came off my [[COBOL]] calloused fingertips." {{Fact|date=March 2007}}