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PiB

PiB

1 9.7
A very large unit for measuring computer storage equal to 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The server's capacity was upgraded to support 10 PiB of data, allowing for more extensive digital archives.

Examples

  • With cloud technology, businesses can now store their data in PiB units across multiple servers.

  • Data storage has advanced so much that a single hard drive can hold up to PiB of information.

  • Modern data centers often manage databases that exceed 1 PiB in size.

  • Storing all that high-resolution video would require several PiB of disk space.

  • The backup server has a total storage capacity of 3 PiB.

  • The hard drive can hold up to 5 PiB of data.

  • How many PiBs of storage do we need?

Synonyms

pebibyte
vsPiB
  • Specialized
9.9

A very large unit of digital storage equal to 1,024 tebibytes

is the symbol form used as the unit abbreviation

How Big

PiB
  • Specialized
1 9.7
petabyte
  • Specialized
2 7.2
terabyte
  • Specialized
8 4.1
gigabyte
  • Specialized
13 2.7
megabyte
  • Specialized
10 3.0
kilobyte
  • Specialized
4 3.6
byte
  • Specialized
23 3.6

Surface Forms

PiB singular
PiBs plural

Etymology

The word PiB comes from the prefix pebi- and byte, so it names a unit of digital storage. A helpful way to remember it is to think of it as the 'binary' cousin of a petabyte: pebi- means 'based on 2', so a PiB equals 1,024 tebibytes, a very large number of bytes used for big data sizes.