different between gigascale vs petascale

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petascale

English

Etymology

peta- +? scale

Adjective

petascale (not comparable)

  1. A metric for objects on the scale of quadrillions (1015 or 1,000,000,000,000,000) of elements. Most often used for computer systems; a petascale computer system operates at speeds measured in petaflops and has memory measured in petabytes.

Coordinate terms

  • gigascale
  • terascale

References

  • Scalable System Software for Petascale Computer Systems
  • U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Genomics glossary

Anagrams

  • Cape teals

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  • what is petascale computing
  • what does petascale mean
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