zettabyte

[ zet-uh-bahyt ]

noun

, Computers.

1. 2 70 bytes; 1024 exabyte.
2. (loosely) 10 21 or one sextillion bytes; 1000 exabytes. : ZB

zettabyte

/ ˈzɛtəˌbaɪt /

noun

1. computing 10 ²¹or 2 ⁷⁰bytes

Word History and Origins

Origin of zettabyte¹

First recorded in 1990–95; zetta- + byte

Word History and Origins

Origin of zettabyte¹

C20: probably from Italian sette seven

Example Sentences

The hundreds of zettabytes of worldwide data will have to be selectively managed, protected, and optimized for convenient, productive use.

From MIT Technology Review