"petabyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛtəbaɪt/ Audio: En-us-petabyte.oga [US] Forms: petabytes [plural]
Etymology: From peta- + byte. Etymology templates: {{af|en|peta-|byte}} peta- + byte Head templates: {{en-noun}} petabyte (plural petabytes)
  1. One quadrillion (10¹⁵, or 1,000,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 terabytes. Coordinate_terms (Previous): terabyte Translations (1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes): بِيتَابَايْت (bitabayt) [masculine] (Arabic), 拍它字節 [formal] (Chinese Mandarin), 拍它字节 (pāitāzìjié) (Chinese Mandarin), 拍字節 [formal] (Chinese Mandarin), 拍字节 (pāizìjié) (Chinese Mandarin), PB (note: pronounced like English) [abbreviation, common] (Chinese Mandarin), petabyte [masculine] (Czech), petabajt [masculine] (Czech), petabajto (Esperanto), petabitoko (Esperanto), petatavu (Finnish), pétaoctet [masculine] (French), პეტაბაიტი (ṗeṭabaiṭi) (Georgian), Petabyte [neuter] (German), πεταμπάιτ (petampáit) [neuter] (Greek), πεταδυφιοσυλλαβή (petadyfiosyllaví) [neuter] (Greek), petabyte (Hungarian), ペタバイト (petabaito) (Japanese), 페타바이트 (petabaiteu) (Korean), петабајт (petabajt) [masculine] (Macedonian), petabait (Malay), są́ą́łtsohʼííłké (Navajo), petabyte [masculine] (Portuguese), петаба́йт (petabájt) [masculine] (Russian), เพตะไบต์ (Thai), پېتابايت (pëtabayt) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-petabyte-en-noun-KTspH05U Disambiguation of 'Previous': 60 40 Disambiguation of '1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes': 85 15
  2. (computing, informal) a pebibyte. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing Coordinate_terms (Next): exabyte
    Sense id: en-petabyte-en-noun-oP~m-OVN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with peta- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with peta-: 33 67 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Next': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: PB Related terms: pebibit, pebibyte, petabit

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