Petabyte
Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001522
A unit of digital information storage equal to one quadrillion (10^15) bytes, represented by the symbol PB. It is used to quantify the capacity of large-scale data centers, enterprise storage systems, and archival services. The related unit, the pebibyte (PiB), is based on powers of two and represents 2^50 bytes.
| Identifier | MLC-T-CMP-001522 |
|---|---|
| Field | Computing and IT |
| Subject | Bits and Bytes |
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