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Y axis - The left-hand edge of a chart or graph. It is normally used to plot numbers or amounts. The bottom edge is the X-axis and may be used to show dates or timescales.

Y2K - Shorthand for Year 2000 and, by extension, for the Year 2000 computer problem, better known as the millennium bug. This anticipated problems when computers' clocks rolled over from 1999 to 2000: as many programs use only the last two digits to recognise the year, it was feared that they would reset to 1900. Some PC BIOSes would also cause problems by resting to 1980. However, the issue did not cause as many problems as had been feared.
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