n.
Shortened form of Windows 2000, a new operating system from Microsoft that is expected to ship either in late 1999 or early 2000 (cf. Y2K).
Example Citation:
"You're ready for Y2K, but are you ready for W2K? Don't worry, the sky isn't falling. W2K is Windows 2000, the next version of Bill Gates's dominant operating system."
— Philip Albinus, "Buzzword of the Month," Home Office Computing
Notes:
To Gareth Branwyn, Wired magazine's Jargon Watcher, for the head's up on this one.
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New words. 2013.