petascale

== English == === Etymology === From peta- + scale. === Adjective === petascale (not comparable) 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