quettabit

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/ˈkwɛtəˌbɪt/

noun

One nonillion (10³⁰) bits. SI symbol: Qb.

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Meanings

nounquettabit (plural quettabits)

plural quettabits

  1. computingOne nonillion (10³⁰) bits. SI symbol: Qb.
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    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.

    2023 January 10, Adam Rogers, “Move over, megatons”, in Business Insider

Origin

From quetta- + bit.

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APA

quettabit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quettabit

MLA

“quettabit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quettabit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quettabit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quettabit.

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