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Y2K is an Internet aesthetic based around products, styles, and fashion of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The name Y2K is derived from an abbreviation coined by programmer David Eddy for the year 2000 and its potential computer errors .
Y2K is a numeronym and was the common abbreviation for the year 2000 software problem. The abbreviation combines the letter Y for "year", the number 2 and a capitalized version of k for the SI unit prefix kilo meaning 1000; hence, 2K signifies 2000.
Credential recycling is the hacking practice of re-using username and password combinations gathered in previous brute-force attacks. A special form of credential recycling is pass the hash , where unsalted hashed credentials are stolen and re-used without first being brute-forced.
William D. Mathews from MIT found a vulnerability in a CTSS running on an IBM 7094.The standard text editor on the system was designed to be used by one user at a time, working in one directory, and so it created a temporary file with a constant name for all instantiations of the editor.
Y2K Turbine Superbike, a turbine-powered motorcycle launched by MTT in 2000; Y2K, a Swedish designation for the DSB Class MF or IC3, a Danish-built train set; YIIK: A Postmodern RPG, an RPG video game by Ackk Studios; Y2K fashion, a design style, fashion style, and aesthetic that was popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s
In Internet terms, sock puppets are online identities used for disguised activity by the operator. A sock puppet, sock puppet account, or sock is a false online identity used for deceptive purposes. [1]
An "eleet hacker" (31337 H4XØR) laptop sticker, along with a "Free Kevin [Mitnick]" sticker. Leet (or "1337"), also known as eleet or leetspeak, or simply hacker speech, is a system of modified spellings used primarily on the Internet.
This is a list of Wikipedians whose usernames contain non-ASCII Unicode characters.Included are those from the top 10,000 most active Wikipedians (those with more than 9,000 edits) and a handful of others that have been added to this list by hand.