BusinessAugust 12, 2026

exabyte

EK-suh-byte

Definition

A unit of digital information storage equal to one billion gigabytes, used to describe the immense scale of the data platform.

Etymology

Derived from the prefix 'exa-', representing a factor of 10 to the 18th power, combined with 'byte,' a standard unit of digital information.

In the news

Mobilewalla uses the term to highlight the 'exabyte-scale' of their consumer data platform, emphasizing its massive capacity to handle and process daily data flows.

Mobilewalla’s Data Platform Spans Signals From 2B Devices

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