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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  2 \2\ adj.
     Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than one; one plus
     one more; -- representing the number two as an Arabic
     numeral.
  
     Syn: two, ii


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  2
       adj : being one more than one; "he received two messages" [syn: {two},
              {ii}]
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a
           numeral representing this number [syn: {two}, {II}, {deuce}]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  2
       
           In names of translation software,
          infix 2 often represents the word "to" with the connotation
          "translate to", as in {dvi2ps} ({DVI} to {PostScript}),
          int2string (integer to string) and {texi2roff} ({Texinfo} to
          [nt]{roff}).
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-01-25)