Definition of Petabyte

1. Noun. A unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes.

Exact synonyms: Pb
Generic synonyms: Computer Memory Unit
Terms within: Tb, Terabyte
Group relationships: Eb, Exabyte

2. Noun. A unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes.
Exact synonyms: Pb, Pebibyte, Pib
Generic synonyms: Computer Memory Unit
Terms within: Tb, Tebibyte, Terabyte, Tib
Group relationships: Eb, Eib, Exabyte, Exbibyte

Definition of Petabyte

1. Noun. (context: SI) One quadrillion (1,000,000,000,000,000) bytes. SI symbol: PB. ¹

2. Noun. (computing) 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes or 10245, or 250. This capacity may be expressed unambiguously as a pebibyte. SI symbol: PiB, computing symbol: PB. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Petabyte

1. one quadrillion bytes [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petabyte

pet name
pet names
pet peeve
pet peeves
pet project
pet projects
pet shop
pet shops
pet sitter
pet sitting
peta-
petabecquerel
petabecquerels
petabit
petabits
petabyte (current term)
petabytes
petaflop
petaflops
petagram
petagramme
petagrammes
petagrams
petahertz
petahertzes
petajoule
petajoules
petakatal
petakatals
petal

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