"yottabyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjɒtəbaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yottabyte.wav [Southern-England] Forms: yottabytes [plural]
Etymology: From yotta- + byte. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|yotta-|byte}} yotta- + byte Head templates: {{en-noun}} yottabyte (plural yottabytes)
  1. (computing) One septillion (10²⁴, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 zettabytes. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (280 or 1024 bytes): jotabajto (Esperanto), jotabitoko (Esperanto), jottatavu (Finnish), იოტაბაიტი (ioṭabaiṭi) (Georgian), Yottabyte [neuter] (German), γιοτταμπάιτ (giottampáit) [neuter] (Greek), γιοτταδυφιοσυλλαβή (giottadyfiosyllaví) [neuter] (Greek), јотабајт (jotabajt) [masculine] (Macedonian), yotabait (Malay), tʼéíłtsohʼííłké (Navajo), jottabajt [masculine] (Polish), yottabyte [masculine] (Portuguese), йоттаба́йт (jottabájt) [masculine] (Russian), يوتتابايت (yottabayt) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-yottabyte-en-noun-3KXWomKa Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of '280 or 1024 bytes': 63 37
  2. (computing, informal) a yobibyte. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing Coordinate_terms (Next): ronnabyte, brontobyte (alt: non-SI) [informal] Coordinate_terms (Previous): zettabyte
    Sense id: en-yottabyte-en-noun-uHT6Ndd5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with yotta- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with yotta-: 33 67 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Next': 34 66 Disambiguation of 'Previous': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: YB Related terms: yobibit, yobibyte, yottabit

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