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  • noun computing A unit of information or storage equal to 1015 bits

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits

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Examples

  • One endurance test ran continuously for 48 hours and transferred over 1,000 terabits (1 petabit) of user data between 96 FTP client machines and the single FTP server.

    AMDZone Frontpage 2009

  • He challenged the panel to deliver 10 million simultaneous streams at 10 Mbps. Of course that would require smart technology: no single pipe on earth can handle a 100 petabit stream.

    InternetNews Realtime News for IT Managers 2009

  • One endurance test ran continuously for 48 hours and transferred over 1,000 terabits (1 petabit) of user data between 96 FTP client machines and the single FTP server.

    AMDZone Frontpage 2009

  • He challenged the panel to deliver 10 million simultaneous streams at 10 Mbps. Of course that would require smart technology: no single pipe on earth can handle a 100 petabit stream.

    InternetNews Realtime News for IT Managers 2009

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