exa-

prefix

Exabyte

<company, storage>

A company and, by extension, a tape format for computer data backup and transfer. The tape is a data quality 8mm video cassette recorder tape. Exabyte units can store between five and fourteen gigabytes of data per tape. Exabytes are usually attached to Unix workstations.

[What different tape capacities exist? Compare with DAT?]

Last updated: 1995-07-06

exabyte

<unit, data>

(EB) A unit of data equal to 10^18 bytes but see binary prefix for other definitions. An exabyte is exactly 1000^6 bytes or 1000 petabytes.

1000 exabytes are one zettabyte.

See prefix.

Last updated: 2013-11-04

examining the entrails

The process of grovelling through a core dump or hex image in an attempt to discover the bug that brought a program or system down. The reference is to divination from the entrails of a sacrified animal.

Compare runes, incantation, black art, desk check.

[Jargon File]

Last updated: 1994-12-12

EXAPT

EXtended APT.

Nearby terms:

evolution strategy ♦ EWOS ♦ exa- ♦ Exabyte ♦ exabyte ♦ examining the entrails

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