zet·ta·byte

(zĕt′ə-bīt′)

1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 exabytes (2⁷⁰ bytes).

2. One sextillion (10²¹) bytes.

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zettabyte

(ˈzɛtəˌbaɪt)

(Units) computing 10²¹ or 2⁷⁰ bytes

[C20: probably from Italian sette seven]

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zet•ta•byte

(ˈzɛt əˌbaɪt)

n. Computers.

10²¹, or one sextillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000), bytes; 1000 exabytes.

[1990–95]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	zettabyte - a unit of information equal to 1000 exabytes or 10^21 bytes ZB computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory exabyte, EB - a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes yottabyte, YB - a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes
	2.	zettabyte - a unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes zebibyte, ZiB, ZB computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory EiB, exbibyte, exabyte, EB - a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes YiB, yobibyte, yottabyte, YB - a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes

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bit (b) 0 or 1 byte (B) 8 bits kilobyte (KB) [1,000.sup.1] bytes megabyte (MB) [1,000.sup.2] bytes gigabyte (GB) [1,000.sup.3] bytes terabyte (TB) [1,000.sup.4] bytes petabyte PB) [1,000.sup.5] bytes exabyte (EB) [1,000.sup.6] bytes zettabyte (ZB) [1,000.sup.7] bytes yottabyte (YB) [1,000.sup.8] bytes bit (b) 1/8 of a byte byte (B) 1 byte kilobyte (KB) 1,000 bytes megabyte (MB) 1,000.000 bytes gigabyte (GB) 1.000.000,000 bytes terabyte (TB) 1.000,000,000.000 bytes petabyte PB) 1,000.000,000.000,000 bytes exabyte (EB) 1,000,000,000,000.000,000 bytes zettabyte (ZB) 1,000,000.000.000,000,000,000 bytes yottabyte (YB) 1,000.000,000,000,000.000,000,000 bytes

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