peta
Thousand trillion multiplier
Peta is an SI prefix denoting 10^15 (one quadrillion), used in scientific and computing contexts: petabyte, petahertz.
A petabyte is a million gigabytes—the scale of data handled by major internet services.
The prefix comes from the Greek word for five, indicating the fifth power of 1000. (Capitalized PETA is an animal rights organization.)
prefix
Ten to the fifteenth
- SI prefixUnit magnitude modifier
- scientific notationNumbers times ten-powers
- data storageRetaining digital information
quadrillion
Ten to the fifteenth
- SI prefixUnit magnitude modifier
- scientific notationNumbers times ten-powers
- data storageRetaining digital information