petabyte

Other forms: petabytes

Definitions of petabyte
  1. noun
    a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes
    synonyms: PB
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    type of:
    computer memory unit
    a unit for measuring computer memory
  2. noun
    a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes
    synonyms: PB, PiB, pebibyte
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    type of:
    computer memory unit
    a unit for measuring computer memory
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