brontobyte
/ˈbɹɒntəbaɪt/
brontobyte noun: 10²⁷ or 2⁹⁰ bytes.
Noun
brontobyte (plural brontobytes)
- 10²⁷ or 2⁹⁰ bytes.
- We believe this is the first time a company has ever talked about a machine that can crunch through “brontobytes” of data. (The word reminds us of brontosaurus, the largest dinosaur.) And just how big is that? It's 1,000 Yottabytes, of course.2014 June 11, Julie Bort, “There's A New Word Being Used In The Computer Industry: ‘Brontobytes’”, in Business Insider
- In a world awash in brontobytes of data, cutting your data requirements in half can dramatically reduce the demands that data management is placing upon your business.2014, Christopher Surdak, Data Crush […] , AMACOM, →ISBN, page 174
- Synonyms:
- ronnabyte
Synonyms of brontobyte
Forms of brontobyte
| plural | brontobytes |
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Origin of brontobyte
From bronto- + byte, in reference to the brontosaurus, a very large dinosaur.
Questions about brontobyte
- What does brontobyte mean?
- Brontobyte means 10²⁷ or 2⁹⁰ bytes.
- What part of speech is brontobyte?
- Brontobyte is a noun.
- How do you pronounce brontobyte?
- Brontobyte is pronounced /ˈbɹɒntəbaɪt/.
- What is the plural of brontobyte?
- The plural of brontobyte is brontobytes.
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