Y2K Year 2000.

Usually refers to the clock rollover at midnight of the new millennium, which it was feared could cause older computer programs to "bomb" because they could not distinguish between the years 1900 and 2000. In early programs, only the last two digits of the year were used to implement the date code because of memory limits. The feared major disasters did not occur. y-axis The vertical axis on a coordinate plane. Y/C Video Y (luminance) and C (color) video information on separate signals. Y/C video is of higher quality than composite video but not as high quality as component RGB video. Y/C video is available on prosumer and some consumer-grade video products. Same as S-video. See composite video and component RGB video. yield The quantity of a substance that is produced in a chemical reaction or other process from a specific amount of incoming material. yield stress The force per unit area at the onset of plastic deformation. This force is determined through a standard mechanical-property test such as a uniaxial tension test. yoke 1. A clamping device for embracing and holding two other parts. 2. A slotted crosshead that is used in some steam engines instead of a connecting rod. 3. The framework that surrounds the rotor of a DC generator or motor. It supports the field coils and provides magnetic linkage between them. 4. The structure that rigidly connects the actuator power unit to the valve. [ANSI/ISA75.05.01-2000]

555