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Old October 31st, 2007   #1
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Bytes (8 bits)
  • 0.1 bytes: A single yes/no decision (actually 0.125 bytes, but I rounded)
  • 1 byte: One character
  • 2 bytes:
  • 5 bytes
  • 10 bytes: One word (a word of language, not a computer word)
  • 20 bytes:
  • 50 bytes:
  • 100 bytes: Telegram; two punched computer (Hollerith) cards
  • 200 bytes:
  • 500 bytes:
Kilobyte
1,024 bytes; 210;
approx. 1,000 or 103
  • 1 Kilobyte: Joke; (very) short story
  • 2 Kilobytes: Typewritten page
  • 10 Kilobytes: Page out of an encyclopedia
  • 20 Kilobytes:
  • 50 Kilobytes: Image of a document page, compressed
  • 100 Kilobytes: Photograph, low-resolution
  • 200 Kilobytes: Two boxes (4000) punched computer (Hollerith) cards
  • 500 Kilobytes: Five boxes, one case (10,000 of punched computer (Hollerith) cards
Megabyte
1,048,576 bytes; 220;
approx 1,000,000 or 106
  • 1 Megabyte: Small novel; 3-1/2 inch diskette
  • 2 Megabytes: Photograph, high resolution
  • 5 Megabytes: Complete works of Shakespeare; 30 seconds of broadcast-quality video
  • 10 Megabytes: Minute of high-fidelity sound; digital chest X-ray; Box of 3-1/2 inch diskettes
  • 20 Megabytes: Two boxes of 3-1/2 inch diskettes
  • 50 Megabytes: Digital mammogram
  • 100 Megabytes: Yard of books on a shelf; two encyclopedia volumes
  • 200 Megabytes: Reel of 9-track tape; IBM 3480 cartridge tape
  • 500 Megabytes: CD-ROM
Gigabyte
1,073,741,824 bytes; 230;
approx 1,000,000,000 or 109
  • 1 Gigabyte: Paper in the bed of a pickup; symphony in high-fidelity sound; broadcast quality movie
  • 2 Gigabytes: 20 yards of books on a shelf
  • 5 Gigabytes: 8mm Exabyte tale
  • 10 Gigabytes:
  • 20 Gigabytes: Audio collection of the works of Beethoven; five Exabyte tapes; VHS tape used to store digital data
  • 50 Gigabytes: Library floor of books on shelves
  • 100 Gigabytes: Library floor of academic journals on shelves; large ID-1 digital tape
  • 200 Gigabytes: 50 Exabyte tapes
Terabyte
1,099,511,627,776 or 240;
approx. 1,000,000,000,000 or 1012
  • 1 Terabyte: Automated tape robot; all the X-ray films in a large technological hospital; 50,000 trees made into paper and printed; daily rate of EOS (Earth Orbiting System) data (1998)
  • 2 Terabytes: Academic research ligrary
  • 10 Terabytes: Printed collection of the U. S. Library of Congress
  • 50 Terabytes: Contents of a large mass storage system
Petabyte
1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes or 250
approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000 or 1015
  • 1 Petabyte: 3 years of EOS data (2001)
  • 2 Petabytes: All U. S. academic research libraries
  • 20 Petabytes: 1995 production of hard-disk drives
  • 200 Petabytes: All printed material; 1995 production of digital magnetic tape
Exabyte
1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes or 260
approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 1018
  • 5 Exabytes: All words ever spoken by human beings.
Zettabyte
1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 bytes or 270
approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 1021

Yottabyte
1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes or 280
approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 1024



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I heard a rumour Athildja has a Yottabyte drive, some nights i think i can hear it spinning up from way up here





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Very good info. Thanks Capper!




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