EB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does EB mean? 

• EB (noun)
  The noun EB has 3 senses:

1. a unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits

2. a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes

3. a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes

  Familiarity information: EB used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Eb; Ebit; exabit

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

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "Eb"):

Pb; Pbit; petabit (a unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits)

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

Zb; Zbit; zettabit (a unit of information equal to 1000 exabits or 10^21 bits)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

EB; exabyte

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

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "EB"):

PB; petabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes)

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

ZB; zettabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 exabytes or 10^21 bytes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

EB; EiB; exabyte; exbibyte

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

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "EB"):

PB; pebibyte; petabyte; PiB (a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes)

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

ZB; zebibyte; zettabyte; ZiB (a unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes)

 Context examples 

The family includes herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, EB virus (all of which infect humans) and many others.

(Herpesvirus, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes microtubule-associated protein RP/EB family member 1 protein, is involved in microtubule dynamics and spindle function during mitosis.

(MAPRE1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Microtubule-associated protein, RP/EB family, member 1 protein is a cellular division process protein that is encoded by the human MAPRE1 gene and has a role in cell proliferation.

(Microtubule-Associated Protein, RP/EB Family, Member 1, NCI Thesaurus)