petabyte
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pet·a·byte
(pĕt′ə-bīt)n. Abbr. PB
1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 terabytes (250 bytes).
2. One quadrillion bytes.
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petabyte
(ˈpɛtəˌbaɪt)n
(Units) computing 1015 or 250 bytes
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pet•a•byte
(ˈpɛt əˌbaɪt)n. Computers.
1. 250 (1,125,899,906,842,624) bytes; 1024 terabytes.
2. 1015, or one quadrillion (1,000,000,000,000,000), bytes; 1000 terabytes.
[1995–2000]
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Noun | 1. | petabyte - a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory |
2. | petabyte - a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory |
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