petabyte

[ pet-uh-bahyt ]

noun

1. 2 50 bytes, or 1,024 terabytes.
2. (loosely) 10 15 or a million billion bytes. : PB

petabyte

/ ˈpɛtəˌbaɪt /

noun

1. computing 10 ¹⁵or 2 ⁵⁰bytes

petabyte

/ pĕt′ə-bīt /

1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 terabytes (2 ⁵⁰ bytes).
2. One quadrillion bytes.
3. See Note at megabyte

Word History and Origins

Origin of petabyte¹

peta- + byte

Example Sentences

It has used the cloud to consolidate 70 petabytes of travel data from its 21 brands.

From BBC

Cheng says the hardest part was finding computational resources large enough to handle the petabyte of data.

From Science Magazine

Nearly 50 modeling centers worldwide contributed to the last round of CMIP, which ended in 2022, simulating hundreds of thousands of years and creating 40 petabytes of data.

From Science Magazine

Instead, they could learn directly from the petabytes of raw observation data held by weather agencies, Keisler says.

From Science Magazine

The network includes fixed cameras as well as pan-tilt zoom cameras with near-infrared night vision capabilities, which together collect massive petabytes of data.

From Los Angeles Times