2000s
Century's opening decade
The 2000s refers to the decade from 2000 to 2009, also called the aughts or the noughties: The 2000s saw the rise of social media.
The term can also mean the broader century (2000–2099) or, less commonly, the millennium.
Context usually makes the intended span clear.
Like other decade names, it describes cultural moments as much as calendar years: That song is so 2000s.
Confessional rock subgenre
- reality TVFilmed unscripted programming
- American IdolBroadcast singing contest
- AvatarDeity in earthly form
- TwilightVampire romance phenomenon
Paris Hilton · Britney Spears · Lady Gaga · The Sims · Harry Potter · low-rise jeans · trucker hats · Von Dutch
First major social network
- FacebookDominant social media platform
- YouTubeVideo-sharing website
- WikipediaFree collaborative online encyclopedia
- bloggingWriting online regularly
Google · e-commerce · dot-com bubble · LiveJournal · dial-up · Web 2.0 · viral videos · forums
Cupertino's music device
- BlackBerryEarly smartphone brand
- DVDOptical media format
- plasma TVIonized gas display panel
- LCDLowest shared fraction bottom
mp3 · Bluetooth · Wi-Fi · flash drive · peer-to-peer · torrent · Napster · broadband
Crawling creature or defect
- millennium bugDate-coding flaw in software
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- rolloverVehicle flipping accident
- COBOLElderly business-oriented programming language
mainframe · legacy systems · patch · date format · timestamp · countdown · software update · system check
2001 terrorist attacks
- Iraq War2003 US-led invasion
- AfghanistanCentral Asian landlocked nation
- Hurricane Katrina2005 Gulf disaster
- SARSViral pneumonia syndrome
bird flu · tsunami · financial crisis · Enron · Abu Ghraib · London bombings · Beijing Olympics · Obama election
emo
Confessional rock subgenre
- reality TVFilmed unscripted programming
- American IdolBroadcast singing contest
- AvatarDeity in earthly form
Paris Hilton · Britney Spears · Lady Gaga · Twilight · The Sims · Harry Potter · low-rise jeans · trucker hats · Von Dutch · velour tracksuits
MySpace
First major social network
- FacebookDominant social media platform
- YouTubeVideo-sharing website
- WikipediaFree collaborative online encyclopedia
blogging · Google · e-commerce · dot-com bubble · LiveJournal · dial-up · Web 2.0 · viral videos · forums · chatrooms
iPod
Cupertino's music device
- BlackBerryEarly smartphone brand
- DVDOptical media format
- plasma TVIonized gas display panel
LCD · mp3 · Bluetooth · Wi-Fi · flash drive · peer-to-peer · torrent · Napster · broadband · TiVo
bug
Crawling creature or defect
- millennium bugDate-coding flaw in software
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- rolloverVehicle flipping accident
COBOL · mainframe · legacy systems · patch · date format · timestamp · countdown · software update · system check · embedded systems
9/11
2001 terrorist attacks
- Iraq War2003 US-led invasion
- AfghanistanCentral Asian landlocked nation
- Hurricane Katrina2005 Gulf disaster
SARS · bird flu · tsunami · financial crisis · Enron · Abu Ghraib · London bombings · Beijing Olympics · Obama election · housing bubble
- Decades1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- Fashion ErasVictorian era, Edwardian era, Elizabethan era, Georgian era, Baroque
- time periodsday, year, month, week, hour
2000sprehistory
Era before writing
medieval period · antiquity · Middle Ages · 1900s · 1800s
- 2008 crashGlobal economic meltdown
- Windows 2000Late-90s enterprise OS
- Sydney 2000Australian summer games, 2000
- 2000 poundsShort ton measure