- A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 terabytes (250 bytes).
- One quadrillion bytes.
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A petabyte (derived from the SI prefix peta- ) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to one quadrillion bytes (short scale), or 1000 terabytes, or 1,000,000 gigabytes. It is abbreviated PB. The prefix peta- (P) indicates a power of 1000:
The term "pebibyte", using the binary prefix pebi- (Pi), is used for 10245 bytes.
Examples of the use of "petabyte" to describe data sizes in different fields are:
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