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Meaning of quettabit | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈkwɛtəˌbɪt/

Definitions

One nonillion (10³⁰) bits. SI symbol: Qb.

Examples

“Given the scales on which technology has operated in the first quarter of the 21st century, from lasers that flash for just a few attoseconds to the total amount of digital data in the world pushing past 160 zettabytes, it feels as if we may have let things lie for too long. I don't know if the future will have quettabit computer networks or rontometer-scale wormholes, but I'm pretty sure the large and small of it will be hella weird.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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