Meet the New Units of Measurement in the Metric System: Ronna/Ronto and Quecca/Quecto

Corresponding to the numbers 10^27 and 10^30 respectively, ronna and quecca will be the new prefixes to use for these numbers. Their counterparts will be called ronto and quecto. Given how big our storage space is getting as more data is being created every day, we need to update our vocabulary to know how to refer to these numbers once they become common use. It is predicted that by the 2030s, "computer data storage may surpass one yottabyte (10^24)" which is currently "the largest number with an official metric prefix".

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