zettabyte

American  

[zet-uh-bahyt] / ˈzɛt əˌbaɪt /

noun

Computers.

1. 2 70 bytes; 1024 exabyte.

2. (loosely) 10 21 or one sextillion bytes; 1000 exabytes. ZB

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zettabyte British  

/ ˈzɛtəˌbaɪt /

noun

1. computing 10 ²¹ or 2 ⁷⁰ bytes

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Etymology

Origin of zettabyte

First recorded in 1990–95; zetta- + byte

Example Sentences

The difference between then and now being, and marvelously realized POP, is that here overload becomes pleasure and not, in the age of zettabytes, distress.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m sending each of you a copy of all the Sixer data I smuggled out. Ten zettabytes of it. You should have it now.”

From Literature

Broadband and WiFi speeds are increasing, and Internet data traffic will exceed a zettabyte this year and double by 2019.

From Nature

Now, to capture all the information in the brain would require a zettabyte of capacity… A zettabyte? … is equal to the total computational capacity of the planet right now.

From The Guardian

Additionally, the number of connected devices is projected to produce 40 zettabytes by the end of the decade. 

From Forbes