yotta-

a combining form used in the names of units of measure equal to one septillion (1024 ) of a given base unit.

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Word History and Origins

Possibly an alteration of Greek ��ô�ٲ�, ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (representing y )

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Other banks or fintech companies that San Francisco-based Synapse partnered with included Tennessee-based Lineage Bank, as well as savings rewards company Yotta, a company that gives prizes to customers who save money.

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Reddit message boards for Evolve, Synapse and Yotta were full of customers complaining about being unable to access their funds.

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But Mr. Ford’s equity will have value only if Yotta becomes a successful public company.

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Mr. Ford admitted that he didn’t often think about retirement and that most of the people he interviews for jobs at Yotta didn’t either.

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He also wanted to continue the reverse alphabetical trend set by zetta and yotta, but needed to avoid letters such as X, W, and V that could be confused with other terms.

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�� does yotta- mean?

Yotta- is a combining form used like a prefix denoting “one septillion (1024)” of a unit of measure. It is very occasionally used in technical terms, particularly in computer science.Yotta- may come from Greek ��ô�ٲ�, the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. To learn more, check out our entry to iota. However, it may also be an alteration of the form octa-, meaning "eight," which is a reference to how yotta- is equivalent to 10008; compare with yocto-, meaning “one septillionth,” by reading our Words That Use article on that form.

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