petabit

English

Etymology

From peta- +‎ bit.

Noun

petabit (plural petabits)

1. (computing) One quadrillion (10¹⁵, or 1,000,000,000,000,000) bits or 1,000 terabits.
2. (computing, informal) a pebibit.

Synonyms

• Pbit

Coordinate terms

• Previous: terabit
• Next: exabit

Related terms

• pebibyte
• petabyte

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English petabit.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.taˈbi.t͡ʃi/, /pe.taˈbit͡ʃ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.taˈbi.t͡ʃi/, /pe.taˈbit͡ʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.taˈbit͡ʃ/, /pe.taˈbi.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.tɐˈbit/ [pɨ.tɐˈβit]

Noun

petabit m (plural petabits)

1. (computing) petabit (one quadrillion bits)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: Pbit, Pb

Coordinate terms

• Multiples of the bit: kilobit, megabit, gigabit, terabit, petabit, exabit, zettabit, yottabit

Related terms

• petabyte
• pebibit