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Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
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Usage: infix.


2: infix.

In translation software written by hackers, infix 2 often represents the syllable to with the connotation `translate to': as in dvi2ps (DVI to PostScript), int2string (integer to string), and texi2roff (Texinfo to [nt]roff). Several versions of a joke have floated around the internet in which some idiot programmer fixes the Y2K bug by changing all the Y's in something to K's, as in Januark, Februark, etc.

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Source: 2, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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