yottabyte

[ yot-uh-bahyt ]

nounComputers.
  1. 280bytes; 1024 zettabytes.

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

Origin of yottabyte

1
First recorded in 1990–95; yotta- + byte

Words Nearby yottabyte

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British Dictionary definitions for yottabyte

yottabyte

/ (ˈjɒtəˌbaɪt) /


noun
  1. computing 10 24 or 2 80 bytes

Origin of yottabyte

1
C20: probably from Italian otto eight

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