ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Yottabyte

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈjɒtəbaɪt/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Yottabyte is a noun meaning (computing) One septillion (10²⁴, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 zettabytes.

Meaning

(computing) One septillion (10²⁴, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 zettabytes.

More Meanings

  1. (computing, informal) A yobibyte.

Example Sentences

[…] the Pentagon is attempting to expand its worldwide communications network, known as the Global Information Grid, to handle yottabytes (10²⁴ bytes) of data. (A yottabyte is a septillion bytes—so large that no one has yet coined a term for the next higher magnitude.)

Word Forms

Synonyms for yottabyte

Depending on context, synonyms include YB.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include yottabit, zettabyte, terabyte, exabyte, zetabyte, petabyte.

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