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Byte vs Zettabyte - What's the difference?

byte | zettabyte |

As nouns the difference between byte and zettabyte

is that byte is a byte, small binary data unit while zettabyte is zettabyte (270 or 1021 bytes).

byte

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia byte)
  • (computing) A sequence of adjacent bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word; nearly always eight bits, which can represent an integer from 0 to 255 or a single character of text.
  • (computing) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits
    • The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code.

    Synonyms

    * (unit of storage) B * (eight bits) (l)

    Derived terms

    (unit of storage) * kilobyte * megabyte * gigabyte * terabyte * petabyte * exabyte * yottabyte

    See also

    * word , doubleword , longword ,

    Related terms

    (unit of storage) * Previous: bit * Next: kilobyte (machine word) * Previous: nybble * Next: word

    Anagrams

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    zettabyte

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia zettabyte) (en noun)
  • (computing) One sextillion (1021) bytes. SI symbol: ZB.
  • * 2015 , Fiona Graham, Look-ahead 2015: Fly into the future and other predictions , BBC:
    • Conservative estimates put data produced in 2020 alone at 44 zettabytes.

    Coordinate terms

    * Previous: exabyte * Next: yottabyte

    See also

    * zebibyte