{"id":12715,"date":"2011-12-29T22:04:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T03:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T11:46:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:46:11","slug":"whaddabyte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/whaddabyte\/","title":{"rendered":"Whaddabyte?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>Bytes (8 bits)<\/big><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>0.1 bytes: A binary decision<\/li>\n<li>1 byte: A single character<\/li>\n<li>10 bytes: A single word<\/li>\n<li>100 bytes: A telegram OR A <a title=\"www.columbia.edu\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220929224231\/http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cu\/computinghistory\/cards.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">punched card<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><big><span class=\"zem_slink\">Kilobyte<\/span> (1000 bytes)<\/big><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 <a title=\"Kilobyte\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kilobyte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kilobyte<\/a>: A very short story<\/li>\n<li>2 Kilobytes: A Typewritten page<\/li>\n<li>10 Kilobytes: An encyclopaedic page OR A deck of punched cards<\/li>\n<li>50 Kilobytes: A compressed document image page<\/li>\n<li>100 Kilobytes: A low-resolution photograph<\/li>\n<li>200 Kilobytes: A box of punched cards<\/li>\n<li>500 Kilobytes: A very heavy box of punched cards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><big>Megabyte (1 000 000 bytes)<\/big><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Megabyte: A small novel OR A <a title=\"rbach.net\" href=\"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/fdd-fades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3.5 inch floppy disk<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2 <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Megabyte\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Megabyte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Megabytes<\/a>: A high-resolution photograph<\/li>\n<li>5 Megabytes: The complete works of Shakespeare OR 30 seconds of TV-quality video<\/li>\n<li>10 Megabytes: A minute of high-fidelity sound OR A digital chest X-ray<\/li>\n<li>20 Megabytes: <a title=\"A box of floppy disks\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/thesignal\/2012\/04\/floppy-disks-are-dead-long-live-floppy-disks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A box of floppy disks<\/a><\/li>\n<li>50 Megabytes: A digital mammogram<\/li>\n<li>100 Megabytes: One meter of shelved books<\/li>\n<li>200 Megabytes: One <a title=\"www.ibm.com\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160720233209\/http:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/ibm\/history\/exhibits\/storage\/storage_PH3480B.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM 3480 cartridge tape<\/a><\/li>\n<li>500 Megabytes: A CD-ROM OR The hard disk of a PC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><big>Gigabyte (1 000 000 000 bytes)<\/big><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Gigabyte: A pickup truck filled with paper OR A movie at TV quality<\/li>\n<li>2 <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Gigabyte\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gigabyte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Gigabytes<\/a>: 20 meters of shelved books<\/li>\n<li>5 Gigabytes: An <a title=\"8mm Exabyte tape\" href=\"http:\/\/salestores.com\/exabyte31262.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">8mm Exabyte tape<\/a><\/li>\n<li>10 Gigabytes:<\/li>\n<li>20 Gigabytes: A good collection of the works of Beethoven OR 5 Exabyte tapes OR A VHS tape used for digital data<\/li>\n<li>50 Gigabytes: A floor of books OR Hundreds of 9-track tapes<\/li>\n<li>100 Gigabytes: A floor of academic journals OR A large <a title=\"ID-1 digital tape\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160424015016\/http:\/\/www.aztekcomputers.com\/SD11300LA-SONY-2432643.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ID-1 digital tape<\/a><\/li>\n<li>200 Gigabytes: 50 Exabyte tapes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><big><span class=\"zem_slink\">Terabyte<\/span> (1 000 000 000 000 bytes)<\/big><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 <a title=\"Terabyte\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terabyte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terabyte<\/a>: An automated <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Tape library\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tape_library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">tape robot<\/a> OR All the X-ray films in a large technological hospital OR 50000 trees made into paper and printed OR Daily rate of EOS data (1998)<\/li>\n<li>2 Terabytes: An academic research library OR A cabinet full of Exabyte tapes<\/li>\n<li>10 Terabytes: The printed collection of the US Library of Congress<\/li>\n<li>50 Terabytes: The contents of a large <a title=\"Mass Storage System\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140209153045\/http:\/\/averesystems.com\/Solutions_DataCenter.aspx?SubSection=33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mass Storage System<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><big>Petabyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 bytes)<\/big><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Petabyte: 5 years of EOS data (at 46 Mbps)<\/li>\n<li>2 Petabytes: All US academic research libraries<\/li>\n<li>20 Petabytes: Production of hard-disk drives in 1995<\/li>\n<li>200 Petabytes: All printed material OR Production of digital magnetic tape in 1995<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><big>Exabyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 bytes)<\/big><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Exabyte\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exabyte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Exabytes<\/a>: All words ever spoken by human beings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><big>Zettabyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 bytes)<\/big><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cisco<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the world\u2019s col<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.lective internet usage reached 1.3 zettabyte in 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1 ZB is equivalent of 38 million DVDs per hour<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><big>Yottabyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 bytes)<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of <a title=\"pcbunn.cacr.caltech.edu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caltech.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CalTech<\/a> <a title=\"pcbunn.cacr.caltech.edu\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100626050033\/http:\/\/pcbunn.cacr.caltech.edu\/presentations\/giod_status_sep97\/tsld012.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How big is a PetaByte ?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Size Matters\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140806180232\/http:\/\/www.bigdata-startups.com\/BigData-startup\/world-digital-storage-size-matter-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" title=\"Size Matters\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Data-Size-Matters-IG.png?resize=480%2C4238\" alt=\"Size Matters\" width=\"480\" height=\"4238\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of datascience@berkeley: Master of Information and Data Science<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bytes (8 bits) 0.1 bytes: A binary decision 1 byte: A single character 10 bytes: A single word 100 bytes: A telegram OR A punched card Kilobyte (1000 bytes) 1 Kilobyte: A very short story 2 Kilobytes: A Typewritten page 10 Kilobytes: An encyclopaedic page OR A deck of punched cards 50 Kilobytes: A 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