Korean slang profile
밀레니엄버그
milrenieombeogeu
Millennium computer date bug
A problem in which computers representing years with two digits might misinterpret 2000 as 1900 or another year.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Nov 1999
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
옛 전산 자료에는 밀레니엄버그 점검 항목이 실려 있다.
Old computing material includes 밀레니엄버그 checks.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
Gyeonggi Province’s November 1999 지식행정 용어해설집 explains this expression as a separate entry. This is the checked source’s publication period; first use and the coiner were not verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The November 1999 revised edition was compared on PDF page 132. This is a glossary of everyday, current-affairs, and specialist terms of the time rather than a new-word survey. Only inclusion was checked; the birth year or period of popular use was not verified. The existing Y2K entry concerns a retro aesthetic and has a different meaning. No spelling alias was added; only the computer year-recognition problem is covered.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 지식행정 용어해설집 (경기도, 1999년 11월 수정판)Published Nov 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026