yottabyte

[yot-uh-bahyt]

noun Computers.

280 bytes; 1024 zettabytes.

(loosely) 1024 or one septillion bytes; 1000 zettabytes. Symbol: YB

Origin of yottabyte

First recorded in 1990–95; yotta- + byte

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British Dictionary definitions for yottabyte

yottabyte

noun

computing 10 24 or 2 80 bytes

Word Origin for yottabyte

C20: probably from Italian otto eight

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