zettabytes
Sextillion digital bytes
Zettabytes is the plural of zettabyte, a unit of digital information equal to one sextillion bytes (10²¹), or 1,000 exabytes.
The prefix zetta- follows the metric pattern of increasingly large units.
Global internet traffic and data storage are now measured in zettabytes: Humanity generates several zettabytes of data annually.
Enormous datasets analyzed computationally
- data miningExtracting insights from datasets
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- data scienceExtracting meaning from information
- datasetsOrganized digital records
pattern recognition · data-driven · analytics · data processing · data analysis · data lake
Facility housing networked computers
- cloud storageOnline data preservation service
- archiveStored historical records
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- capacityMaximum amount containable
scalability · repository · database · server farm · SAN · NAS · redundancy · SSD
Largest standard storage measure
- bitSmall amount or portion
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- octetGroup of precisely eight
- magnitudeSize or scale
order of magnitude · exponential · metric prefix · SI unit · measurement
Data transmission capacity
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- data transferMoving information electronically
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- downloadsFiles received electronically
uploads · annual growth · consumption · transmission · data rate
Excess data impeding comprehension
- exponential growthQuantity multiplying proportionally over time
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- doubling timeTime to grow twofold
big data
Enormous datasets analyzed computationally
- data miningExtracting insights from datasets
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- data scienceExtracting meaning from information
datasets · pattern recognition · data-driven · analytics · data processing · data analysis · data lake
datacenter
Facility housing networked computers
- cloud storageOnline data preservation service
- archiveStored historical records
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
capacity · scalability · repository · database · server farm · SAN · NAS · redundancy · SSD · HDD
yottabyte
Largest standard storage measure
magnitude · order of magnitude · exponential · metric prefix · SI unit · measurement
bandwidth
Data transmission capacity
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- data transferMoving information electronically
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
downloads · uploads · annual growth · consumption · transmission · data rate
information overload
Excess data impeding comprehension
- exponential growthQuantity multiplying proportionally over time
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- forecastPrediction of future conditions