Noun petabyte has 1 sense

1. petabyte - a unit of information equal to 1,024 terabytes
   --₁ is a kind of computer memory unit
   

Term: Petabyte

A petabyte is a unit of digital information storage. It is equal to 1,024 terabytes or 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes.

Senses:

1. Computing

Noun: A petabyte in computing refers to a large amount of data storage capacity specified as approximately one thousand million million bytes.

Example Sentence: With the advancement of technology, it is now common for companies to have data centers that can store multiple petabytes of data.

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2. Networking

Noun: In networking, a petabyte represents a measure of data transfer or data usage equal to one thousand million million bytes.

Example Sentence: The Internet provider offers a monthly data cap of one petabyte for heavy data users.

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3. Storage

Noun: Petabyte also refers to a storage system or device capable of holding one petabyte of data.

Example Sentence: The data center utilizes multiple petabyte storage arrays to store and secure its vast amount of information.

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