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yottabyte

[yot-uh-bahyt]
noun Computers.
  1. 280 bytes; 1024 zettabytes.
  2. (loosely) 1024 or one septillion bytes; 1000 zettabytes. Symbol: YB
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Origin of yottabyte

First recorded in 1990–95; yotta- + byte
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British Dictionary definitions for yottabyte

yottabyte

noun
  1. computing 10 24 or 2 80 bytes
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Word Origin

C20: probably from Italian otto eight
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