Tech Tête

Bit

• A Bit is a value of either a 0 or 1.

Nibble

• A Nibble is 4 bits.

Byte

• A Byte is 8 bits.

Kilobyte (KB)

• A Kilobyte is 1,024 bytes.

Megabyte (MB)

A Megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes or 1,024 Kilobytes

• 873 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
• 4 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)

Gigabyte (GB)

A Gigabyte is 1,073,741,824 (2³⁰) bytes. 1,024 Megabytes, or 1,048,576 Kilobytes.

• 894,784 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
• 4,473 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
• 341 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
• 256 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
• 1 650MB CD

Terabyte (TB)

A Terabyte is 1,099,511,627,776 (2⁴⁰) bytes, 1,024 Gigabytes, or 1,048,576 Megabytes.

• 916,259,689 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
• 4,581,298 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
• 349,525 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
• 262,144 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
• 1,613 650MB CD’s
• 233 4.38GB DVD’s
• 40 25GB Blu-ray discs

Petabyte (PB)

A Petabyte is 1,125,899,906,842,624 (2⁵⁰) bytes, 1,024 Terabytes, or 1,048,576 Gigabytes.

• 938,249,922,368 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
• 4,691,249,611 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
• 357,913,941 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
• 268,435,456 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
• 1,651,910 650MB CD’s
• 239,400 4.38GB DVD’s
• 41,943 25GB Blu-ray discs

Exabyte (EB)

A Exabyte is 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 (2⁶⁰) bytes, 1,024 Petabytes, or 1,048,576 Terabytes.

• 960,767,920,505,705 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
• 4,803,839,602,528 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
• 366,503,875,925 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
• 274,877,906,944 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
• 1,691,556,350 650MB CD’s
• 245,146,535 4.38GB DVD’s
• 42,949,672 25GB Blu-ray discs

Zettabyte (ZB)

A Zettabyte is 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 (2⁷⁰) bytes, 1,024 Exabytes, or 1,048,576 Petabytes.

• 983,826,350,597,842,752 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
• 4,919,131,752,989,213 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
• 375,299,968,947,541 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
• 281,474,976,710,656 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
• 1,732,153,702,834 650MB CD’s
• 251,030,052,003 4.38GB DVD’s
• 43,980,465,111 25GB Blu-ray discs

Yottabyte (YB)

A Yottabyte is 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 (2⁸⁰) bytes, 1,024 Zettabytes, or 1,048,576 Exabytes.

• 1,007,438,183,012,190,978,921 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
• 5,037,190,915,060,954,894 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
• 384,307,168,202,282,325 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
• 288,230,376,151,711,744 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
• 1,773,725,391,702,841 650MB CD’s
• 257,054,773,251,740 4.38GB DVD’s
• 45,035,996,273,704 25GB Blu-ray discs