Global digital data first exceeded 1 zettabyte -- a trillion gigabytes -- in what year?
Answer2012
The world crossed the one-zettabyte mark as internet use, video and storage all exploded.
Source: Wikipedia, Zettabyte Era (2012) en.wikipedia.org
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Byte facts & stats
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Going deeper
In 2016, video made up about what share of all global internet traffic?
Answerabout 73%
Video streaming has long been the single biggest driver of global internet traffic growth.
Source: Wikipedia, Zettabyte Era (2016) en.wikipedia.org
Expert level
Who is credited with coining the term 'byte' in 1956 while working on IBM's Stretch computer?
AnswerWerner Buchholz
He deliberately respelled 'bite' as 'byte' to avoid it being accidentally shortened to 'bit'.
Source: Wikipedia, Byte (2025) en.wikipedia.org
In 2016, global internet (IP) traffic reached roughly how much per month, on average?
Answerabout 96 exabytes per month
Monthly internet traffic has kept climbing sharply as streaming video and cloud services have grown.
Source: Wikipedia, Zettabyte Era (2016) en.wikipedia.org
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