Meaning of Zettabyte | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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.”

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