petabytenoun [ C ]
/ˈpet.ə.baɪt//ˈpet̬.ə.baɪt/written abbreviation PB specializedalso pebibtye a unit of computer information consisting of 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes:
The computer boasts a 1.7 petabyte hard disk.
a unit of computer information consisting of 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes:
The enormous database contains more than a petabyte of data.
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- A petabyte is 1,000 terabytes.
- The next size up from a terabyte is a petabyte.
- The machine weighs 165 tons and contains more than a petabyte of data.
- Datasets will soon by in the petabyte range.
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