zettabyte

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Scrabble points
23
Words With Friends
23
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈzɛtəbaɪt/

Definition of zettabyte

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One sextillion (10²¹, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 exabytes.
    “Cerberus Scientist: I'm sorry, sir. None of Normandy's surveillance feeds have been responding since Shepard went rogue. Illusive Man: I want it back. Retry the remote lockdown protocols. Cerberus Scientist: After our last attempt, EDI flooded our server with seven zettabytes of explicit images. I think she was making a joke.”
    “Conservative estimates put data produced in 2020 alone at 44 zettabytes.”
    “For such quantities, it is necessary to introduce a further unit: the zettabyte which corresponds to 1000 exabytes. The International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts the world's data will grow to 175 zettabytes in 2025.”
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noun

  1. One sextillion (10²¹, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 exabytes.
    “Cerberus Scientist: I'm sorry, sir. None of Normandy's surveillance feeds have been responding since Shepard went rogue. Illusive Man: I want it back. Retry the remote lockdown protocols. Cerberus Scientist: After our last attempt, EDI flooded our server with seven zettabytes of explicit images. I think she was making a joke.”
    “Conservative estimates put data produced in 2020 alone at 44 zettabytes.”
    “For such quantities, it is necessary to introduce a further unit: the zettabyte which corresponds to 1000 exabytes. The International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts the world's data will grow to 175 zettabytes in 2025.”
  2. (informal)A zebibyte.

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Etymology

From zetta- + byte.

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