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YB

YB

9.4
A very large unit for measuring digital information equal to one thousand zettabytes
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Cloud providers are not yet offering services that can handle a YB of storage.

Examples

  • A YB of data is equivalent to 1,000 zettabytes, making it one of the largest units of digital information.

  • Storing a YB of data would require an enormous infrastructure.

  • A petabyte is much smaller than a YB, which is almost unimaginably large.

  • The data center has a capacity of 5 YB.

  • How much storage is 1 YB?

  • It would take significant resources to store just one YB of data in a data center.

  • In the next decade, companies may begin to offer cloud services that can manage storage of a YB.

Synonyms

yottabyte
vsYB
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A very large unit of computer data equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes

is the abbreviated form used for the same unit
GiB
vsYB
  • Specialized
1 6.1

A unit of digital data equal to about 1.07 billion bytes used in computers

is the vastly larger decimal 10^24 byte unit used for huge data amounts
YiB
vsYB
  • Specialized
9.9

A very large unit for measuring computer data equal to 1,024 zebibytes

is the decimal 10^24 byte unit rather than the binary value
yobibyte
vsYB
  • Specialized
9.9

A very large unit for computer data equal to 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes

is defined by decimal powers, equal to 10^24 bytes
yibit
vsYB
  • Specialized
9.9

A very large unit of digital information equal to 2^80 bits

measures data in bytes rather than in bits
Yb
vsYB
  • Specialized
9.9

A very large unit of digital information equal to 10^24 bits

measures data in bytes not bits
yottabit
vsYB
  • Specialized
9.9

A very large unit of digital information equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bits

measures the same magnitude in bytes rather than in bits
Ybit
vsYB
  • Specialized
9.9

A very large unit for digital information equal to 10^24 bits

measures data in bytes, not in bits
Zb
vsYB
  • Specialized
9.9

A very large unit of digital information equal to 1,000 exabits or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bits

is the decimal 10^24 byte unit much larger than this bit unit

Surface Forms

YB singular
YBs plural

Morphology

YB = yottabyte (semi-transparent) = Y + B

Standard initialism formed from the unit name 'yottabyte', clear in technical contexts. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]

Etymology

YB stands for yottabyte, made from the prefix yotta, used for the very large number '10^24', and byte, a small 'bite' of digital information. So a YB is a very large unit of storage and equals one septillion bytes or 1000 zettabytes.