Definition of Petabytes

1. Noun. (plural of petabyte) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Petabytes

1. petabyte [n] - See also: petabyte

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petabytes

pet names
pet peeve
pet peeves
pet project
pet projects
pet shop
pet shops
pet sitter
pet sitting
peta-
petabecquerel
petabecquerels
petabit
petabits
petabyte
petabytes (current term)
petaflop
petaflops
petagram
petagramme
petagrammes
petagrams
petahertz
petahertzes
petajoule
petajoules
petakatal
petakatals
petal
petal stool

Literary usage of Petabytes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Deconstructing the Computer: Report of a Symposium by Dale Weldeau Jorgenson, Charles W. Wessner (2005)
"... a20,000 10000 0 petabytes of storage shipped expected to grow at 62% CAGA Units of storage shipped expected to grow at 13% CAGA Actual Projection 1997A ..."

2. Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"... simulation can generate terabytes to petabytes of data. Thus, state-of-the-art visualization, data mining, and data analysis techniques are also ..."

3. Strategies for Preservation of and Open Access to Scientific Data in China by Paul F. Uhlir, Julie M. Esanu (2006)
"But today the next advance in high-energy physics requires a Large Hadron Collider that will produce 12 to 14 petabytes of digital data per year, ..."

4. Catalyzing Inquiry at the Interface of Computing and Biology by John C. Wooley, Herbert Lin (2005)
"For example, DNA, with its incredible information density, could serve as an ideal one-time pad, as a tiny sample could provide petabytes of data suitable ..."

5. Expanding Access to Research Data: Reconciling Risks And Opportunities by National Academies Press (U.S.), National Academies Press (U.S., National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"... capturing enormous numbers of records of personal and organizational information, storing them in data warehouses with capacities in petabytes, ..."

6. State of the Laboratory: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory edited by William A. Bookless (1995)
"It can support storage capacities from gigabytes to petabytes, highspeed data transfers for workstation cluster, and parallel computers through both ..."

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