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yottabyte

American

[yot-uh-bahyt] / ˈyɒt əˌbaɪt /

noun

Computers.

2 80 bytes; 1024 zettabytes.
(loosely) 10 24 or one septillion bytes; 1000 zettabytes. YB

yottabyte British

/ ˈjɒtəˌbaɪt /

noun

computing 10 ²⁴ or 2 ⁸⁰ bytes

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Etymology

Origin of yottabyte

First recorded in 1990–95; yotta- + byte

Example Sentences

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By the 2030s, the world will generate around a yottabyte of data per year—that’s 1024 bytes, or the amount that would fit on DVDs stacked all the way to Mars.

From Scientific American • Nov. 23, 2022

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