quettabit

English

Etymology

From quetta- +‎ bit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛtəˌbɪt/

Noun

quettabit (plural quettabits)

1. (computing) One nonillion (10³⁰) bits. SI symbol: Qb.
   • 2023 January 10, Adam Rogers, “Move over, megatons”, in Business Insider‎:

     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 future will have quettabit computer networks or rontometer-scale wormholes, but I'm pretty sure the large and small of it will be hella weird.