"millennium bug" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} millennium bug
  1. (computing) A design flaw in computer systems that represented years as two digits (e.g. 84 for 1984), which could cause date calculations to fail if they involved years later than 1999. Wikipedia link: Year 2000 problem Categories (topical): Computing, Historical events, Thousand, Time Synonyms: Y2K bug, year 2000 problem Translations (a design flaw in computer systems which which could cause date calculations to fail after 1999): 千年蟲 (Chinese Mandarin), 千年虫 (qiānniánchóng) (Chinese Mandarin), millenniumbug [masculine] (Dutch), έντομο της Χιλιετηρίδας (éntomo tis Chilietirídas) (Greek), 2000年問題 (alt: 2000年問題) (Japanese), bug do milénio [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), bug do milênio [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-millennium_bug-en-name-qN27t--7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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