brontobyte

English

Etymology

From bronto- +‎ byte, in reference to the brontosaurus, a very large dinosaur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɒntəbaɪt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

brontobyte (plural brontobytes)

1. (informal, computing) 10²⁷ or 2⁹⁰ bytes.

   Synonym: (standard) ronnabyte

   • 2014 June 11, Julie Bort, “There's A New Word Being Used In The Computer Industry: ‘Brontobytes’”, in Business Insider‎^[1]:

     We believe this is the first time a company has ever talked about a machine that can crunch through “brontobytes” of data. (The word reminds us of brontosaurus, the largest dinosaur.) And just how big is that? It's 1,000 Yottabytes, of course.

   • 2014, Christopher Surdak, Data Crush […] , AMACOM, →ISBN, page 174:

     In a world awash in brontobytes of data, cutting your data requirements in half can dramatically reduce the demands that data management is placing upon your business.

Usage notes

Bronto- is not a standard prefix in the metric International System of Units.

Coordinate terms

• Previous: yottabyte

See also

• (other proposed prefixes for 10²⁷): hella-, xenna-
• (official prefix for 10²⁷): ronna-