BRONTOBYTE
\bɹˈɒntəbˌa͡ɪt], \bɹˈɒntəbˌaɪt], \b_ɹ_ˈɒ_n_t_ə_b_ˌaɪ_t]\
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A proposed unit of data equal to 10^27 bytes. Abrontobyte is 1000^9 bytes or 1000 yottabytes."Bronto-" is not an official prefix and the term brontobyte isgenerally attributed to the IBM Dictionary of Computing.One brontobyte would be enough data to store a three-dimensionalmap of the Earth with one byte for each voxel of aone-centimetre grid.See prefix.[Where did IBM get it from?]
By Denis Howe
