different between sextillion vs zettabyte

English

Etymology

From sext- (“six”) +? -illion; ie the sixth power of a million, 10³⁶.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?ks?t?lj?n/
• Rhymes: -?lj?n

Numeral

sextillion (plural sextillions)

1. (US; modern British & Australian, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10²¹.
2. (dated British & Australian, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 10³⁶.

Synonyms

• (10²¹): a long scale trilliard
• (10³⁶): a short scale undecillion

Translations

See also

• (short and long scale) Previous: quintillion. Next: septillion.
• zetta-

English

Etymology

zetta- +? byte

Noun

zettabyte (plural zettabytes)

1. (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

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English zettabyte.

Noun

zettabyte m (plural zettabytes)

1. (computing) zettabyte (one sixtillion bytes)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: ZB

Coordinate terms

• Multiples of the byte: kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte

Related terms

• zettabit
• zebibyte

Spanish

Etymology

From English zettabyte.

Noun

zettabyte m (plural zettabytes)

1. zettabyte