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Top 10 buzzwords of the past 10 years



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9. Y2K
Along with Tom Cruise's couch jumping on Oprah, Y2K was one of the great scares of the last couple of decades. Also called the Y2K bug, it referred to the flaw in computer programs that would cause some programs to malfunction on January 1, 2000. As a result, companies and governments spent millions upgrading equipment, and speculation was rampant that chaos would ensue. When the dreaded day finally came around, some mishaps did occur, but civilization did not break down. In fact, the worst incident was probably the disastrous made-for-TV Y2K movie from 1999.


 

 
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