Imports System
Module PetabyteExample
'
' In VB.NET, the largest unsigned integer type is ULong (64‑bit).
' Its maximum value is about 1.84 × 10^19.
'
' A petabyte fits comfortably:
'
' 1 PiB = 2^50 = 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes
' 1 PB = 10^15 = 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
'
' So both can be stored safely in a ULong.
'
' Binary petabyte (pebibyte), using a bit shift.
' 1UL << 50 = 2^50 bytes.
Public Const PETABYTE_PIB As ULong = 1UL << 50
' Decimal petabyte (SI petabyte), using a readable numeric literal.
' VB.NET allows underscores for digit grouping.
Public Const PETABYTE_PB As ULong = 1_000_000_000_000_000UL
Sub Main()
Console.WriteLine("1 PiB = " & PETABYTE_PIB & " bytes")
Console.WriteLine("1 PB = " & PETABYTE_PB & " bytes")
End Sub
End Module
' run:
'
' 1 PiB = 1125899906842624 bytes
' 1 PB = 1000000000000000 bytes
'
