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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I don't remember ever seeing anything larger than the exa- preffix used in a journal article. And exa- and peta- I only remember from computer related articles. In physics and astronomy articles, I don't remember seeing anything larger than tera- being used. At some point there are so many scales being discussed that just using some exponent notation is easier. Or alternatively if a very narrow range is of interest, a nickname or another named unit gets used instead (e.g. barn for very small cross-sections instead of m^2).

Nothing against them adding more names, and even if it only ends up in pop-sci, more power to them if that gets more attention. I just hope some teacher won't make students memorize the whole scale of names at this point as if it were super important.