exbibyte

9.9

A very large unit for measuring digital storage equal to 1,024 pebibytes

noun
/ˈɛksbɪˌbaɪt/

Specialized

: exbibyte

The new data center has a storage capacity of over two exbibytes, making it one of the largest in the world.

Examples

Transferring an exbibyte of data over the internet would take years with current technology.
An exbibyte is a large unit of digital storage.
Scientific simulations can generate several exbibytes of data that must be archived and analyzed.
The server can hold up to 5 exbibytes of data.
The new data center has a storage capacity of over two exbibytes, making it one of the largest in the world.
Transferring an exbibyte of data over the internet would take years with current technology.
The server can hold up to 5 exbibytes of data.

Synonyms

vsexbibyte

Specialized

1 8.4

A very large amount of digital data, about one billion gigabytes

is strictly the binary 2^60 byte measure not the decimal 10^18 version

EiB

vsexbibyte

Specialized

9.9

A very large unit for measuring digital data equal to 1,024 pebibytes

is the full unit name rather than the abbreviation

How Big

exbibyte

Specialized

9.9

pebibyte

Specialized

9.9

tebibyte

Specialized

9.9

gibibyte

Specialized

7.1

mebibyte

Specialized

8.7

kibibyte

Specialized

7.6

byte

Specialized

23 3.6

Surface Forms

exbibyte singular

exbibytes plural

Morphology

exbibyte = byte (semi-transparent) = exbi + byte

The base 'byte' is obvious; 'exbi' is a technical IEC binary prefix unfamiliar to average learners, so the exact magnitude (2^60) is not inferable.

Etymology

Exbibyte combines the binary prefix exbi-, which comes from SI exa- plus bi meaning 'two' as in 'bicycle', and byte, the basic unit of digital data. So an exbibyte is a very large number of bytes counted in groups of two, which is why it equals 1,024 pebibytes.