abstract:The Year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem, the Millennium bug, the Y2K bug, or simply Y2K) was a problem for both digital (computer-related) and non-digital documentation and data storage situations which resulted from the practice of abbreviating a four-digit year to two digits.
Russia, which is considered to be particularly vulnerable to the year2000problem because of a lack of preparedness, supplied 37 percent of the natural gas and Australia 30 percent of hard coal.