"zettabyte" meaning in English

See zettabyte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈzɛtəbaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zettabyte.wav Forms: zettabytes [plural]
Etymology: From zetta- + byte. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|zetta-|byte}} zetta- + byte Head templates: {{en-noun}} zettabyte (plural zettabytes)
  1. (computing) One sextillion (10²¹, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 exabytes. Categories (topical): Computing Coordinate_terms (Previous): exabyte Translations (270 or 1021 bytes): zetabajto (Esperanto), zetabitoko (Esperanto), tsettatavu (Finnish), ზეტაბაიტი (zeṭabaiṭi) (Georgian), Zettabyte [neuter] (German), зетабајт (zetabajt) [masculine] (Macedonian), zetabait (Malay), bííłtsohʼííłké (Navajo), zettabajt [masculine] (Polish), zettabyte [masculine] (Portuguese), зеттаба́йт (zɛttabájt) [masculine] (Russian), زېتتابايت (zëttabayt) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-zettabyte-en-noun-x3woRswO Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Previous': 65 35 Disambiguation of '270 or 1021 bytes': 65 35
  2. (computing, informal) a zebibyte. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing Coordinate_terms (Next): yottabyte
    Sense id: en-zettabyte-en-noun-YW~15x09 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with zetta-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Uyghur translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with zetta-: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 24 76 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Next': 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ZB Related terms: zebibit, zebibyte, zettabit

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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