peta
peta — prefix
1. a prefix added to units of measurement, meaning one quadrillion (10¹⁵) times tha
a prefix added to units of measurement, meaning one quadrillion (10¹⁵) times that unit
Eitan's research group handles several petabytes of satellite images each month.
prefix: peta- + byte = petabyte (10¹⁵ bytes)
Liang's research institute installed a petawatt laser that can heat samples to extreme temperatures.
Heloísa explained that a petabyte holds about 500 billion pages of plain text.
Obi's supercomputer ran the climate simulation at nearly two petaflops for an entire weekend.
Darius fired the petawatt laser, and for a split second it was brighter than the sun.
文法句型
peta- + unit (byte, watt, hertz, joule, flop)
用法筆記
Used almost only in scientific and technical fields. The symbol is P (capital letter). Common compounds include petabyte (PB), petawatt (PW), and petaflop (PF).