zebibyte

9.9

A very large unit for measuring digital storage equal to 1,024 exbibytes

noun
/ˈzɛbɪˌbaɪt/

Specialized

: zebibyte

A zebibyte is equivalent to 1,024 exbibytes when calculating digital storage capacity.

Examples

A zebibyte is equal to 1,024 exbibytes, which is a significant amount of digital information.
Modern data centers rarely need a zebibyte of storage, but the figure is useful for future projections.
As technology advances, scientists may one day work with datasets measuring in zebibytes.
A zebibyte is a large unit of digital storage.
Did you know that one zebibyte equals 1,024 exbibytes?
In the future, some scientific projects could utilize datasets that exceed one zebibyte.
With advancements in technology, the amount of data processed may one day reach several zebibytes.

Synonyms

ZiB

vszebibyte

Specialized

1 9.9

A very large unit for measuring digital data equal to 1,024 exbibytes

is the full written name rather than the abbreviated symbol

Surface Forms

zebibyte singular

zebibytes plural

Morphology

zebibyte = byte (semi-transparent) = zebi + byte

The prefix 'zebi-' is a standardized binary prefix denoting 2^70, but may not be immediately recognizable to all learners.

Etymology

Zebibyte starts with zebi-, the binary version of the very large prefix you also see in zettabyte, and ends with byte, the familiar unit of digital data. The bi in zebi- means 'binary' or counting in twos, so a zebibyte is a very large number of bytes measured in binary, which is why people use it for huge amounts of digital storage.