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This article is about the decade starting at the beginning of 2000 and ending at the end of 2009. For the century or millennium starting in 2001, see the links below. 2000s - The decade as a whole. The 2000s decade refers to the years from 2000 to 2009, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. So far, the 2000s has been marked generally with an escalation of the social issues a ...

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2000s - Technology. A huge jump in broadband internet usage, from 6% of U.S. internet users in June, 2000 to what one study predicts will be 62% by 2010. Boom in music downloading and the use of data compression to quickly transfer music over the Internet, with a corresponding rise of portable digital audio players typified by Apple Computer's iPod. Digital cameras become very popular due to rapid decreases in size and cost while photo resolution steadily increases. Sales of film reel came ...

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2000s - Technology. A huge jump in broadband internet usage, from 6% of U.S. internet users in June, 2000 to what one study predicts will be 62% by 2010. Boom in music downloading and the use of data compression to quickly transfer music over the Internet, with a corresponding rise of portable digital audio players typified by Apple Computer's iPod. Digital cameras become very popular due to rapid decreases in size and cost while photo resolution steadily increases. Sales of film reel came ...

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In contrast to the decades from 1920 to 1999, which are called "The Twenties", "The Nineties", and the like; the '00s have had no generally-accepted name. The term "The Two Thousands" is fairly common, but many still find its use awkward and incorrect for a number of reasons, notably the fact that formally, the "Two Thousands" will last for a thousand years and not just the ten years of the "00" decade. It is occasionally termed, in historical contexts, the "turn of the millennium" or "turn of the century" (or "turn of the new ...

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The 2000s decade refers to the years from 2000 to 2009, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. So far, the 2000s has been marked generally with an escalation of the social issues and continuation of the pop culture of the 1990s which included the rise of terrorism, the rapid expansion of communications and telecommunications with cell phones and the Internet, international pop culture, and the rapid, exponenti ...

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The 2000s are so far not a highly regarded decade by most people in the world as many find the 1990s to have been a much more prosperous time and look fondly upon earlier decades such as the 1960s and 1980s. While not a criticism per se as many people still love the 1990s, some others look down on the decade for upholding so many tired 1990s fads, fashions, and music genres. Quite interestly, many people who are fond of the 1990s dislike the 2000s because they perceive them as similar to the 1980s for various reasons, mostly relating to politics but also to the 1980s nostalgia wave tha ...

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2000s - World leaders. President Hamid Karzai (Afghanistan) President Néstor Kirchner (Argentina) Prime Minister John Howard (Australia) Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel (Austria) Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt (Belgium) President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil) President Hugo Banzer Suarez (Bolivia) President Jorge Quiroga Ramirez (Bolivia) President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Bolivia) President Carlos Mesa Gisbert (Bolivia) ...

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2000s - United States and Canada. Rap music, especially of the post-gangsta and crunk varieties, reaches new heights of popularity, surpassing even the early 1990s in presence and begins to overtake rock and roll as the music of the youth. Popular and definitive artists include Eminem, Jay Z, Nelly, 50 Cent, Ja Rule, DMX, OutKast, and Kanye West. Nu metal, an amalgam of most commercially successful genres of music, gains popularity. Pop-punk, pioneered by late 90s band Blink 182, rises in ...

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2000s - United States. Fashion slowly becomes less grungy and more excessive as the wearing of flannel by people under 30 declines and acid-washed jeans and shaggy hair become again commonplace for boys and men. For girls and women hoop earrings, originally popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, return to style circa 2004. Wearing baseball caps backwards peacefully falls out of style, in favor of wearing them sideways or forwards. Sunglasses begin to become less widespread as a fashion statement, un ...

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2000s - World leaders. President Hamid Karzai (Afghanistan) President Néstor Kirchner (Argentina) Prime Minister John Howard (Australia) Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel (Austria) Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt (Belgium) President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil) President Hugo Banzer Suarez (Bolivia) President Jorge Quiroga Ramirez (Bolivia) President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Bolivia) President Carlos Mesa Gisbert (Bolivia) ...

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2000s - United States and Canada. Rap music, especially of the post-gangsta and crunk varieties, reaches new heights of popularity, surpassing even the early 1990s in presence and begins to overtake rock and roll as the music of the youth. Popular and definitive artists include Eminem, Jay Z, Nelly, 50 Cent, Ja Rule, DMX, OutKast, and Kanye West. Nu metal, an offshoot of grunge and old school hip hop, popular early in the decade but dates itself by about 2003. Pop-punk, pioneered by late 9 ...

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The 2000s decade refers to the years from 2000 to 2009, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. So far, the 2000s has been marked generally with an escalation of the social issues and continuation of the pop culture of the 1990s which included the rise of terrorism, the rapid expansion of communications and telecommunications with cell phones and the Internet, international pop culture, and the rapid, exponenti ...

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In contrast to the decades from 1920 to 1999, which are called "The Twenties", "The Nineties", and the like; the 00s have had no generally-accepted name. It is occasionally termed, in historical contexts, the "turn of the millennium" or "turn of the century" (or "turn of the new century," since the idea of 1900 being the "turn of the century" is still fresh in people's minds). This terminology would probably seem si ...

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2000s - United States. Fashion slowly becomes less grungy and more excessive as the wearing of flannel by people under 30 declines and acid-washed jeans and shaggy hair become again commonplace for boys and men. For girls and women hoop earrings, originally popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, return to style circa 2004. Wearing baseball caps backwards peacefully falls out of style, in favor of wearing them sideways or forwards. Sunglasses begin to become less widespread as a fashion statement, un ...

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2000s, 2000s - The decade as a whole, 2000s - Names of the decade, 2000s - Criticisms of the Decade, 2000s - Events and trends, 2000s - Technology, 2000s - Science, 2000s - War peace and politics, 2000s - Economics, 2000s - Culture and religion, 2000s - Other, 2000s - Trends and Fashion, 2000s - United States, 2000s - Music, 2000s - United States and Canada, 2000s - Europe, 2000s - Latin America/Caribbean, 2000s - Film, 2000s - Video Games, 2000s - Television and Radio, 2000s - Sports, 2000s - People, 2000s - World leaders, 2000s - Entertainers, 2000s - Sports figures

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The 2000s are so far not a highly regarded decade by most people in the world as many find the 1990s to have been a much more prosperous time and look fondly upon earlier decades such as the 1960s and 1980s. While not a criticism per se as many people still love the 1990s, some others look down on the decade for upholding so many tired 1990s fads, fashions, and music genres (see New Nineties). Quite interestly, many people who are fond of the 1990s dislike the 2000s because they perceive them as similar to the 1980s for various reasons, mostly relating to politics but also to t ...

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2000s, 2000s - The decade as a whole, 2000s - Names of the decade, 2000s - Criticisms of the Decade, 2000s - Events and trends, 2000s - Technology, 2000s - Science, 2000s - War peace and politics, 2000s - Economics, 2000s - Culture and religion, 2000s - Other, 2000s - Trends and Fashion, 2000s - United States, 2000s - Music, 2000s - United States and Canada, 2000s - Europe, 2000s - Latin America/Caribbean, 2000s - Film, 2000s - Video Games, 2000s - Television and Radio, 2000s - Sports, 2000s - People, 2000s - World leaders, 2000s - Entertainers, 2000s - Sports figures

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