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exabyte

American

[ek-suh-bahyt] / ˈɛk səˌbaɪt /

noun

Computers.

2 60 bytes, or 1,024 petabytes.
(loosely) 10 18 or a billion billion bytes. EB

exabyte British

/ ˈɛksəˌbaɪt /

noun

computing 10 ¹⁸ or 2 ⁶⁰ bytes

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Etymology

Origin of exabyte

exa- + byte

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exabyte

That’s because Newman estimates high-bandwidth flash will need three to four times the amount of wafer capacity per exabyte, since it requires more on-chip space.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Its trailer carried what AWS calls a “snowmobile,” a shipping-container-sized device that can store an exabyte of data.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2016

Extreme Tech claimed daily data totals were half an exabyte in 2012.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2013

We're living in the exabyte age, where the actions of billions of humans using the Web and their mobile devices are creating massive amounts of big data to collect, store, analyze, and put to work.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2012

An exabyte is equivalent to a quintillion bytes.

From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 3, 2011

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