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zettabyte

[ zet-uh-bahyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Computers.

2 70 bytes; 1024 exabyte.
(loosely) 10 21 or one sextillion bytes; 1000 exabytes. : ZB

zettabyte

/ ˈzɛtəˌbaɪt /

noun

computing 10 ²¹or 2 ⁷⁰bytes

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Word History and Origins

Origin of zettabyte¹

First recorded in 1990–95; zetta- + byte

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Word History and Origins

Origin of zettabyte¹

C20: probably from Italian sette seven

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Example Sentences

The hundreds of zettabytes of worldwide data will have to be selectively managed, protected, and optimized for convenient, productive use.

From MIT Technology Review

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