PETABYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does petabyte mean? 

• PETABYTE (noun)
  The noun PETABYTE has 2 senses:

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

2. a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes

  Familiarity information: PETABYTE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PETABYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

PB; petabyte

Hypernyms ("petabyte" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "petabyte"):

TB; terabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes)

Holonyms ("petabyte" is a part of...):

EB; exabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

PB; pebibyte; petabyte; PiB

Hypernyms ("petabyte" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "petabyte"):

TB; tebibyte; terabyte; TiB (a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes)

Holonyms ("petabyte" is a part of...):

EB; EiB; exabyte; exbibyte (a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes)