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petabyte

/pet-uh-bahyt/US // ˈpɛt əˌbaɪt //UK // (ˈpɛtəˌbaɪt) //

百万亿字节,千亿字节,千兆字节

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 250bytes, or 1,024 terabytes.
    • : 1015 or a million billion bytes. Symbol: PB

Examples

  • It’d cost something like $1 trillion dollars to write a petabyte of data in DNA.

  • Its on-chip memory has increased from 18 gigabytes to 40 gigabytes, and the rate it shuttles information to and from said memory has gone from 9 petabytes per second to 20 petabytes per second.

  • They are processing hundreds of petabytes of data and moving toward terabytes.

  • Malicious code in one update of a trusted software provider was the Trojan horse that enabled access to petabytes of private data across 18,000 organizations, including Fortune 500s and government entities.

  • The insights gained from the vast terabytes and petabytes of data companies collect are critical to innovation and competitive advantage.