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petabyte

[ pet-uh-bahyt ]

noun

  1. 2 50 bytes, or 1,024 terabytes.
  2. (loosely) 10 15 or a million billion bytes. : PB


petabyte

/ ˈpɛtəˌbaɪt /

noun

  1. computing 10 15or 2 50bytes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


petabyte

/ pĕtə-bīt /

  1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 terabytes (2 50 bytes).
  2. One quadrillion bytes.
  3. See Note at megabyte


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Word History and Origins

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Example Sentences

It’d cost something like $1 trillion dollars to write a petabyte of data in DNA.

Its on-chip memory has increased from 18 gigabytes to 40 gigabytes, and the rate it shuttles information to and from said memory has gone from 9 petabytes per second to 20 petabytes per second.

They are processing hundreds of petabytes of data and moving toward terabytes.

From Time

Malicious code in one update of a trusted software provider was the Trojan horse that enabled access to petabytes of private data across 18,000 organizations, including Fortune 500s and government entities.

The insights gained from the vast terabytes and petabytes of data companies collect are critical to innovation and competitive advantage.

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