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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ZETTABYTE

Probably from Italian sette seven.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ZETTABYTE

zettabyte  [ˈzɛtəˌbaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZETTABYTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Zettabyte is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ZETTABYTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Zettabyte

Computers use binary, so wherever this article references 1000, it should be 1024 or 2 to the 10th power. The zettabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix zetta indicates multiplication by the seventh power of 1000 or 1021 in the International System of Units. Therefore one zettabyte is one sextillion bytes. The unit symbol is ZB. 1 ZB = 10007bytes = 1021bytes = 1000000000000000000000bytes = 1000exabytes = 1billionterabytes. A related unit, the zebibyte, using a binary prefix, means 10247bytes.

Definition of zettabyte in the English dictionary

The definition of zettabyte in the dictionary is 1021 or 270 bytes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ZETTABYTE


backbite
ˈbækˌbaɪt
brontobyte
ˈbrɒntəʊˌbaɪt
cenobite
ˈsiːnəʊˌbaɪt
crossbite
ˈkrɒsˌbaɪt
exabyte
ˈɛksəˌbaɪt
frostbite
ˈfrɒstˌbaɪt
gigabyte
ˈɡɪɡəˌbaɪt
Jacobite
ˈdʒækəˌbaɪt
kilobyte
ˈkɪləˌbaɪt
megabyte
ˈmɛɡəˌbaɪt
Moabite
ˈməʊəˌbaɪt
niobite
ˈnaɪəˌbaɪt
overbite
ˈəʊvəˌbaɪt
petabyte
ˈpɛtəˌbaɪt
Rechabite
ˈrɛkəˌbaɪt
snakebite
ˈsneɪkˌbaɪt
terabyte
ˈtɛrəˌbaɪt
trilobite
ˈtraɪləˌbaɪt
underbite
ˈʌndəˌbaɪt
yottabyte
ˈjɒtəˌbaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ZETTABYTE

zester
zestful
zestfully
zestfulness
zestily
zestless
zesty
zeta
Zeta-Jones
zetetic
Zetland
zeuglodont
zeugma
zeugmatic
zeugmatically
Zeus
Zeuxis
zeuxite
zex
zeze

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZETTABYTE

acolyte
adipocyte
astrocyte
byte
electrolyte
erythrocyte
Hippolyte
kbyte
leucocyte
leukocyte
Leyte
lymphocyte
mbyte
monocyte
neophyte
polyelectrolyte
presbyte
proselyte
qubyte
reticulocyte

Synonyms and antonyms of zettabyte in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «zettabyte» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ZETTABYTE

Find out the translation of zettabyte to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of zettabyte from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «zettabyte» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

泽字节
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zettabyte
570 millions of speakers

English

zettabyte
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

zettabyte
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زيتابايت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Zettabyte
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

zettabyte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

zettabyte
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

zettaoctet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zettabyte
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zettabyte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゼタバイト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제타 바이트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Zettabyte
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

zettabyte
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

zettabyte
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झेटबाइट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zettabayt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

zettabyte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zettabyte
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Zettabyte
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zettabyte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

zettabyte
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Zettabyte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

zettabyte
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Zettabyte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of zettabyte

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ZETTABYTE»

The term «zettabyte» is regularly used and occupies the 102.319 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ZETTABYTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «zettabyte» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «zettabyte» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about zettabyte

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZETTABYTE»

Discover the use of zettabyte in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to zettabyte and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Geektionary: From Anime to Zettabyte, An A to Z Guide to All ...
Here are more than 1,000 words and their definitions, including such gems as: LARP, Red Shirt, Wilhelm Scream, Xenomorph, Munchkin(Which doesn’t mean what you think it means, unless you’re a fan of roleplaying games.) So don’t worry ...
Gregory Bergman, Josh Lambert, 2010
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Video Systems in an IT Environment: The Basics of ...
Appendix. D: The. Information. Flood—One. Zettabyte. of. Data. It's no news that we are swimming in a flood of information. But, how much will we be inundated with? The Discovery Institute (discover.org) published a white paper (1/2008) titled ...
Al Kovalick, 2013
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The Ethics of Information
1.2. The. zettabyte. era. A few year ago, researchers at Berkeley's School of Information Management and Systems Lyman and Varian (2003) estimated that humanity had accumulated approxi- mately 12 exabytes of data4 in the course of its ...
Luciano Floridi, 2013
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I Live in the Future & Here's How It Works: Why Your World, ...
A technology guru at the forefront of Internet developments provides a layperson's explanation of how a radically changed media world is influencing human behavior, sharing recommendations for short- and long-term responses.
Nick Bilton, 2011
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Units of Information: Bit, Byte, Binary Prefix, Qubit, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, LLC Books, 2010
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Net Neutrality: Towards a Co-Regulatory Solution
... has estimated that we are growing traffic towards several hundred EB a year, and Gilder and Swanson9 have talked of the next one up, the zettabyte (ZB): 'We estimate that by 2015, U.S. IP traffic could reach an annual total of one zettabyte,  ...
Christopher T. Marsden, 2010
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The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions ...
It follows that the entire sensory experience of a human being can be captured in one zettabyte (i.e., 1021 bytes). Any scientific theory that is the product of a single human scientist will therefore have to be made on the basis of no more than ...
William A. Dembski, 2004
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Saucer Wisdom
“We taking a zettabyte of Dak down to a petabyte of crypt,” says Turla. (Note by R.R.: Frank said he distinctly heard Turla use that word: zettabyte. I'd never heard of that particular magnitude, but when I looked up the official Scientific Bureau of  ...
Rudy Rucker, 2001
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New Scientist
THE WORD ZETTABYTE important to reinterpret it for a modern point of view. And our ability to understand the world is what distinguishes us from animals. When did you decide you were going to be a mathematician? I was 13, and I was  ...
‎2002
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Cloud Computing: Automating the Virtualized Data Center
Zettabyte (ZB) 1021 270 It is a lot of music. Put another way, 66 ZB is the amount of visual information conveyed from the eyes to the brain of the entire human race in a single year. By 2013, it is estimated that the flow of information globally is ...
Venkata Josyula, Malcolm Orr, Greg Page, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZETTABYTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term zettabyte is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Zettabyte Era (Infographic)
All this had led to the era of Zettabyte. According to an IDC report, the world officially entered the zettabyte era in 2012 when the amount of data created was ... «Tech in Asia, Jul 15»
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Internet traffic will hit 1 zettabyte by 2016
It's also likely Gibson had no idea what a zettabyte was more than 30 years ago when he began penning the novel he is best known for today. But Gibson, as ... «FierceEnterpriseCommunications, May 15»
3
IP Traffic to Reach 2 Zettabytes by 2019; 80% Will Be Video
(A zettabyte is 1021 or a billion terabytes.) IP video will comprise 80 percent of that. These projections come from Cisco's 10th annual Visual Networking Index, ... «StreamingMedia.com, May 15»
4
Big Data – What the Heck is... A Zettabyte or Brontobyte?
If you bought your first home computer in the early days – the 80s, or even the 70s if you were a very early adopter, you will probably remember when storage ... «Pulse, Dec 14»
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Internet of Things to generate 400 zettabytes of data by 2018
The Internet of Things will generate a staggering 400 zettabytes (ZB) of data a year by 2018, according to a report from Cisco. A zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes. «V3.co.uk, Nov 14»
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How big is a zettabyte? This startup got funding from Japan's biggest …
A petabyte isn't cool. An exabyte isn't cool. You know what's cool? A zettabyte. Big data startup Preferred Networks wants to develop a technology that can do ... «Tech in Asia, Oct 14»
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Seagate says that 2016 will be "the year of the Zettabyte"
Seagate has published a new infographic, created by XO Communications, which claims that 2016 will be "the year of the Zettabyte". The storage firm seems to ... «HEXUS, Sep 14»
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2016 is 'year of the zettabyte', with 1ZB equal to ~1.1 trillion GB
Seagate's Twitter account just blasted something both truly exciting, and incredibly terrifying: the first real tease of the zettabyte. Seagate posted XO ... «TweakTown, Sep 14»
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Staggering rise in Internet traffic – forecast to pass one zettabyte in …
The term zettabyte is still alien to me but through familiarity with hard drive capacities I can appreciate a terabyte of data, so imagining a petabyte, which is 1000 ... «EDN.com, Aug 14»
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Cisco Sees Cloud Apps Fueling 'Zettabyte Era'
(The concept of zettabytes is so new that automated spell checkers still don't recognize the word.) Driving IP traffic over the next five years will be high-definition ... «EnterpriseTech, Jun 14»

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