The yottabyte (derived from the prefix yotta-) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to one septillion (one long scale quadrillion or 1024) bytes (one quadrillion gigabytes). The unit symbol for the yottabyte is YB. As of 2011, no storage system or network has achieved even one thousandth of a yottabyte (a zettabyte) of information. The combined storage space of all computer hard drives in the world was estimated at approximately 160 exabytes in 2006, and, as of 2009, the Internet was estimated to contain close to 500 exabytes. When used with byte multiples, the SI prefix indicates a power of 1000: 1000000000000000000000000 bytes = 10008 or 1024 bytes The term yobibyte (YiB), using a binary prefix, is used for the corresponding power of 1024.Rico says he doesn't know about you, but this shit makes his head hurt...
20 March 2012
Whole lotta yotta going' on
Rico says he'd never seen the word before the latest issue of Wired, but it's real:
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