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noun Informal.
a bug that could cause computers or software to misinterpret a year after 1999 as having the first two digits 19 instead of 20, due to the coding of dates using only the last two digits of the four-digit year.
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Also called Y2K problem, Y2K bug.
Origin of millennium bug
First recorded in 1990–95
Words nearby millennium bug
millennial, Millennial Church, millennialism, millennium, Millennium Bridge, millennium bug, millepede, millepore, miller, Miller-Abbott tube, Millerand
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British Dictionary definitions for millennium bug
millennium bug
noun
computing any software problem arising from the change in date at the start of the 21st century
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