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Meaning of Zettabyte | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈzɛtəbaɪt

Definitions

  1. One sextillion (10²¹, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 exabytes.
  2. A zebibyte.

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Examples

“Cerberus Scientist: I'm sorry, sir. None of Normandy's surveillance feeds have been responding since Shepard went rogue. Illusive Man: I want it back. Retry the remote lockdown protocols. Cerberus Scientist: After our last attempt, EDI flooded our server with seven zettabytes of explicit images. I think she was making a joke.”
“Conservative estimates put data produced in 2020 alone at 44 zettabytes.”
“For such quantities, it is necessary to introduce a further unit: the zettabyte which corresponds to 1000 exabytes. The International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts the world's data will grow to 175 zettabytes in 2025.”

CEFR level

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