A CDE Definition
quintillion
One thousand times one quadrillion, which is 1, followed by 18 zeros, or 10 to the 18th power. See space/time.
space/time
The following units of measure are used to define digital capacities and speeds. For measurements of a meter, see metric system. See binary values, NIST binary and long scale.
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10 to the
Bits or Bytes Power of:
Kilo (K) Thousand 3
Mega (M) Million 6
Giga (G) Billion 9
Tera (T) Trillion 12
Bytes
Peta (P) Quadrillion 15
Exa (E) Quintillion 18
Zetta (Z) Sextillion 21
Yotta (Y) Septillion 24
Bronto Octillion 27
Geop Nonillion 30
Storage Capacity Measured in:
CPU word size bits
Disk/SSD/USB drive bytes
Memory (RAM) bytes
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Fractions of a second 10 to the
Second Power of:
Millisecond (ms) Thousandth -3
Microsecond (µs) Millionth -6
Nanosecond (ns) Billionth -9
Picosecond (ps) Trillionth -12
Femtosecond (fs) Quadrillionth -15
Attosecond (as) Quintillionth -18
Zeptosecond (zs) Sextillionth -21
Yoctosecond (ys) Septillionth -24
Transmit/Transfer Measured in:
Parallel bus/channel bytes/sec
Parallel disk drive bytes/sec
Memory (RAM) bytes/sec
Cellular data plan bytes
Serial bus/channel bits/sec
Serial disk drive bits/sec
Network & communications bits/sec
Disk access time ms
RAM access time ns
Machine cycle µs, ns
Instruction execution µs, ns
Transistor switching ns, ps, fs
CPU Speed - Clock Cycles Per Second
See Hertz.
kilohertz (kHz) thousand
megahertz (MHz) million
gigahertz (GHz) billion
terahertz (THz) trillion

Before/After Your Search Term
Before | After |
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QuickTime | Quirky |
QuickTime Player | quit |
QuickTime Ten | quoted printable encoding |
QuickTime VR | quotes |
QuickTime X | Qurl |
QuickWin | QUXGA |
quiesce | QVGA |
quiese | qWave |
quiet tag | QWERTY |
Quinta | QWERTY keyboard |
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