Y2K

[Johan Edlundh]

>=> >Isn't it ironic that computer users have shortened '2000' to 'Y2K'?  Surely
>=> >that was what caused the whole problem in the first place?
>=>
>=> Especially as 2K is actually 2048.
>
>Not necessarily.  When used in its more familiar sense of "kilo,"
>meaning "thousand," e.g., 1 Kg = 1000 grams; 1 Km = 1000 metres; etc.,
>it makes perfect sense (Y2K = Y2000).


there's a slight difference between 'K' and 'k'.

1000 grams = 1 kg
1000 meters = 1 km

and the recent computer bug should therefore be titled correct as Y2k.

isn't the capital 'K' is used for the 'binary thousand' 10000000000 - which
is decimal 1024? - in that case Y2K is making perfect sense as Y2048.


.joe