"exabyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛksəbaɪt/ Audio: En-us-exabyte.oga [US] Forms: exabytes [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English exa- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-West Germanic *bītan Old English bītan Middle English biten English bite English byte English exabyte From exa- + byte. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|exa-|byte|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English exa- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-West Germanic *bītan Old English bītan Middle English biten English bite English byte English exabyte [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*bītaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*bītan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "bītan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "biten", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "byte", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "exabyte", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="exabyte"> From exa- + byte. Head templates: {{en-noun}} exabyte (plural exabytes)
  1. (computing) One quintillion (10¹⁸, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 petabytes. Coordinate_terms (Previous): petabyte Translations (260 or 1018 bytes): 艾字節 /艾字节 (àizìjié) [formal] (Chinese Mandarin), EB (note: pronounced like English) [abbreviation, common] (Chinese Mandarin), exabyte [masculine] (Czech), exabajt [masculine] (Czech), eksabajto (Esperanto), eksabitoko (Esperanto), eksatavu (Finnish), ექსაბაიტი (eksabaiṭi) (Georgian), εξαμπάιτ (exampáit) (Greek), εξαδυφιοσυλλαβή (exadyfiosyllaví) (Greek), exabyte (Hungarian), エクサバイト (ekusabaito) (Japanese), 엑사바이트 (eksabaiteu) (Korean), ексабајт (eksabajt) [masculine] (Macedonian), eksabait (Malay), tsʼiiłtsohʼííłké (Navajo), eksabajt [masculine] (Polish), exabyte [masculine] (Portuguese), эксаба́йт (ɛksabájt) [masculine] (Russian), เอกซะไบต์ (Thai), ئېكسابايت (ëksabayt) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-exabyte-en-noun-6vnAnuJ- Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Previous': 67 33 Disambiguation of '260 or 1018 bytes': 65 35
  2. (computing, informal) An exbibyte. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-exabyte-en-noun-IDD2gFsN Categories (other): Computing, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with exa-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Uyghur translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with exa-: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 23 77 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: EB Related terms: exabit, exbibit, exbibyte Coordinate_terms (Next): zettabyte
Disambiguation of 'Next': 49 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "3": "exa-",
        "4": "byte",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish exa-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰéydt\nProto-Germanic *bītaną\nProto-West Germanic *bītan\nOld English bītan\nMiddle English biten\nEnglish bite\nEnglish byte\nEnglish exabyte\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*bītaną\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*bītan\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"bītan\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"biten\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"bite\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"byte\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"exabyte\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"exabyte\">\nFrom exa- + byte.",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish exa-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-\nProto-Indo-European *bʰéydt\nProto-Germanic *bītaną\nProto-West Germanic *bītan\nOld English bītan\nMiddle English biten\nEnglish bite\nEnglish byte\nEnglish exabyte\nFrom exa- + byte.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "exabytes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "exabit"
    },
    {
      "word": "exbibit"
    },
    {
      "word": "exbibyte"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              79,
              87
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan, published 2020, page 4:",
          "text": "Altogether, the human brain is estimated to hold something in the order of 200 exabytes of information.",
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        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              52,
              60
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              95,
              103
            ]
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          "ref": "2019, Andreas Hepp, Deep Mediatization: Key Ideas in Media & Cultural Studies, Routledge, →ISBN:",
          "text": "North American cloud traffic in 2015 measured 1.891 exabytes per year, in the Asia Pacific 908 exabytes per year, […]",
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        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              57,
              67
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2021, Giuseppe Arbia, quoting Eric Schmidt, Statistics, New Empiricism and Society in the Era of Big Data, Springer Nature, →ISBN, pages 4–5:",
          "text": "In 2010, Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, stated: “There were 5 Exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every 2 days” (Schmidt, 2010). Schmidt's forecast, indeed, proved to be an underestimation.",
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        }
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        "One quintillion (10¹⁸, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 petabytes."
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        "(computing) One quintillion (10¹⁸, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 petabytes."
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        "mathematics",
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        "An exbibyte."
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        "(computing, informal) An exbibyte."
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        "informal"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛksəbaɪt/"
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    {
      "word": "EB"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "àizìjié",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "艾字節 /艾字节"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
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        "common"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exabyte"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exabajt"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "eksabajto"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "eksabitoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "eksatavu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "eksabaiṭi",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "ექსაბაიტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "exampáit",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "εξαμπάιτ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "exadyfiosyllaví",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "εξαδυφιοσυλλαβή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "exabyte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "ekusabaito",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "エクサバイト"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "eksabaiteu",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "엑사바이트"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "eksabajt",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ексабајт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
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      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "eksabait"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "lang_code": "nv",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "tsʼiiłtsohʼííłké"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eksabajt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exabyte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "ɛksabájt",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эксаба́йт"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "เอกซะไบต์"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "lang_code": "ug",
      "roman": "ëksabayt",
      "sense": "260 or 1018 bytes",
      "word": "ئېكسابايت"
    }
  ],
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}

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