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zettabyte

[ zet-uh-bahyt ]

noun

Computers.
  1. 2 70 bytes; 1024 exabyte.
  2. (loosely) 10 21 or one sextillion bytes; 1000 exabytes. : ZB


zettabyte

/ ˈɛəˌɪ /

noun

  1. computing 10 21or 2 70bytes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of zettabyte1

First recorded in 1990–95; zetta- + byte
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of zettabyte1

C20: probably from Italian sette seven
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The difference between then and now being, and marvelously realized POP, is that here overload becomes pleasure and not, in the age of zettabytes, distress.

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Even using the Plug’s high-bandwidth fiber-optic connection, the total estimated upload time for ten zettabytes of data was over three hours.

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Broadband and WiFi speeds are increasing, and Internet data traffic will exceed a zettabyte this year and double by 2019.

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Now, to capture all the information in the brain would require a zettabyte of capacity… A zettabyte? … is equal to the total computational capacity of the planet right now.

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Additionally, the number of connected devices is projected to produce 40 zettabytes by the end of the decade. 

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