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noun
Roughly 1030 bytes; 1024 brontobytes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: quettabyte
Antonyms: none provided
History
The term was in use on English-language websites by 2009 (see quotation below). Before that, it had begun to appear on Spanish-language sites by 2007. The earliest known use is in a February 2006 edit to Spanish Wikipedia's "Byte" article by an anonymous contributor, whose immediately preceding edits to another article make it clear that the term was inspired by Korean 겁 (劫, geop), presumably in the sense "kalpa" (an extremely long span of time in Hindu and Buddhist chronology).
