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quettabit

/ˈkwɛtəˌbɪt/

quettabit noun: one nonillion (10³⁰) bits. SI symbol: Qb.

Noun

quettabit (plural quettabits)

  1. One nonillion (10³⁰) bits. SI symbol: Qb.
    • Given the scales on which technology has operated in the first quarter of the 21st century, from lasers that flash for just a few attoseconds to the total amount of digital data in the world pushing past 160 zettabytes, it feels as if we may have let things lie for too long. I don't know if the...2023 January 10, Adam Rogers, “Move over, megatons”, in Business Insider

Forms of quettabit

pluralquettabits

Origin of quettabit

From quetta- + bit.

Questions about quettabit

What does quettabit mean?
Quettabit means one nonillion (10³⁰) bits. SI symbol: Qb.
What part of speech is quettabit?
Quettabit is a noun.
How do you pronounce quettabit?
Quettabit is pronounced /ˈkwɛtəˌbɪt/.
What is the plural of quettabit?
The plural of quettabit is quettabits.

Words near quettabit in the dictionary

  1. quetsch
  2. quetsches
  3. Quetta
  4. Quetta Division
  5. quetta-
  6. quettabit
  7. quettabits
  8. quettabyte
  9. quettabytes
  10. quettacyonid
  11. quettacyonids

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