SINCE 1828
zettabyte
noun
zet·ta·byte
| \ ˈze-tə-ˌbīt
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Definition of zettabyte
: one sextillion bytes
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By the end of this year, the annual figure will have reached 2.7 zettabytes. — Pm Editors, Popular Mechanics, "110 Predictions For the Next 110 Years," 10 Dec. 2012 By the end of 2016, global internet traffic reached 1.1 zettabytes per year, according to Cisco. — Frank Baker, Alaska Dispatch News, "We have unleashed a torrent of words," 26 Sep. 2017 By 2019, global traffic is expected to hit 2 zettabytes per year. — Frank Baker, Alaska Dispatch News, "We have unleashed a torrent of words," 26 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'zettabyte.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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