zettabyte

noun

zet·ta·byte | \ ˈze-tə-ˌbīt

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Definition of zettabyte

: one sextillion bytes

Examples of zettabyte in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web About 7 devices will be owned by one individual, collectively generating 175 zettabytes of data in 2025. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Intel confirms 'Tiger Lake' is the next Intel Core processor you need to care about," 7 Jan. 2020 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. 2017

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“Zettabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zettabyte. Accessed 3 Mar. 2021.

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