zettabyte

zetta- +‎ byte

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛtəbaɪt/

zettabyte (plural zettabytes)

1. (computing) One sextillion (10²¹) bytes. SI symbol: ZB.
   • 2015 January 2, Fiona Graham, “Look-ahead 2015: Fly into the future and other predictions”, in BBC News‎:

     Conservative estimates put data produced in 2020 alone at 44 zettabytes.

   • 2021, Giuseppe Arbia, Statistics, New Empiricism and Society in the Era of Big Data, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 5:

     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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• zebibyte

Unadapted borrowing from English zettabyte.

zettabyte m (plural zettabytes)

1. (computing) zettabyte (one sixtillion bytes)

• Abbreviations: ZB

• Multiples of the byte: kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte

• zettabit
• zebibyte

Unadapted borrowing from English zettabyte.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θetaˈbait/ [θe.t̪aˈβ̞ai̯t̪]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /setaˈbait/ [se.t̪aˈβ̞ai̯t̪]
• Rhymes: -ait

zettabyte m (plural zettabytes)

1. zettabyte

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