exbibit
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Definition
- Noun:
- A unit of digital information: An "exbibit" is a specific measurement unit in computing and data storage, equal to 1,024 pebibits or 2^60 (1,152,921,504,606,846,976) bits.
Usage
The word "exbibit" is a technical term used almost exclusively in the context of computer science, data storage, and digital communications to quantify very large amounts of binary data. It is part of the binary prefix system (based on powers of two) standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
Examples
- Noun:
- The new data center has a raw storage capacity of several exbibits.
- An exbibit is a larger unit than a pebibit.
Advanced Usage
- Symbol: The official symbol for exbibit is Eibit.
- Context: It is crucial to distinguish "exbibit" (Eibit) from the similar-sounding decimal unit "exabit" (Ebit), which equals 10^18 bits. The binary prefix (exbi-) is used to avoid confusion with the decimal prefix (exa-).
Variants and Related Words
- Exbibyte (EiB): A related, more commonly used unit of digital information. One exbibyte is equal to 8 exbibits (or 2^60 bytes).
- Pebibit (Pibit): The unit immediately smaller than an exbibit. 1 Eibit = 1024 Pibit.
- Zebibit (Zibit): The unit immediately larger than an exbibit. 1024 Eibit = 1 Zibit.
Synonyms
- Eibit: The standard symbol; this is not a synonym in the traditional sense but the direct symbolic representation.
- (Informal/Imprecise): In non-technical contexts, people might loosely refer to an extremely large amount of data as "exabytes" of data, though this is a different unit.
Notes on Meaning
This word has a single, highly specific technical meaning. It does not have different general meanings, idioms, or phrasal verbs associated with it. Its usage is confined to fields dealing with massive-scale digital data.
Noun
- a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibits or 2^60 bits