[syn: exabyte, exbibyte, EB, EiB]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exabyte
n 1: a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18
bytes [syn: exabyte, EB]
2: a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes
[syn: exabyte, exbibyte, EB, EiB]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Exabyte
A company and, by extension, a tape format for
computer data backup and transfer. The tape is a data quality 8mm
video cassette recorder tape. Exabyte units can store between
five and fourteen gigabytes of data per tape. Exabytes are
usually attached to Unix workstations.
[What different tape capacities exist? Compare with DAT?]
(1995-07-06)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
exabyte
(EB) A unit of data equal to 10^18 bytes but see
binary prefix for other definitions. An exabyte is exactly
1000^6 bytes or 1000 petabytes.
1000 exabytes are one zettabyte.
See prefix.
(2013-11-04)