"brontobyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɒntəbaɪt/ Audio: En-us-brontobyte.oga [US] Forms: brontobytes [plural]
Etymology: bronto- + byte, in reference to the brontosaurus, a very large dinosaur. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bronto|byte}} bronto- + byte Head templates: {{en-noun}} brontobyte (plural brontobytes)
  1. (informal, computing) 10²⁷ or 2⁹⁰ bytes. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: ronnabyte Related terms (official prefix for 1027): ronna- Related terms (other proposed prefixes for 1027): hella-, xenna- Coordinate_terms (Previous): yottabyte

Inflected forms

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