What is Petabit ?

 Petabit

A petabit (Pb) is a unit of digital information or data storage capacity. 

Here's a breakdown:

Definition

- Petabit (Pb): A unit of digital information equivalent to 1,000 terabits or 1,000,000 gigabits.

- Petabyte (PB): A unit of digital storage capacity equivalent to 1,000 terabytes or 1,000,000 gigabytes.

Context

- Data Transfer Rates: Petabit-per-second (Pb/s) data transfer rates are being researched and developed for high-speed data transmission.

- Data Storage: Petabytes are used to measure large-scale data storage capacities, such as those in data centers or cloud storage.

Scale

• 1 Petabit = 1,000 Terabits

• 1 Petabyte = 1,000 Terabytes

• 1 Petabyte = 1 million Gigabytes

The petabit and petabyte units help measure and describe the vast amounts of data being generated, stored, and transmitted in today's digital world.