PB — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To set a new personal best.

   Usage

   • Informal
   • Intransitive
   • usually

   Examples

   More examples (4)

   Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.

   Speaking after yesterday's race, Ellie, from Walsall, said: 'I would have loved to get the gold but you can't have everything. ¶ 'I've been PBing every time I swim so I can't ask for any more.'

   "It's definitely a goal of mine because I haven't done a personal record in a long time. I'm definitely looking forward to PBing," said the American, who has run 9.75sec this year. "Hopefully the conditions will be good, my start's better and everything is working well so I can accomplish one of my goals."

   I'm only 20. Dwain Chambers is 36 now, Kim Collins is 38 and still PBing. These guys have long careers so hopefully I can push on and hope for something similar.

   I PBed my go-to twisting descent not once but twice, all the while feeling totally in control, each run thrillingly rapid but never reckless.

Noun

1. a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes

   Synonyms

   petabyte

   Broader terms

   computer memory unit

2. a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes

   Synonyms

   petabytepebibytePiB

   Broader terms

   computer memory unit