What
is an YottaByte? (YB) |
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A YottaByte is
equivalent to 1024 ZettaBytes,
1,048,576 ExaBytes,
1,073,741,824 PetaBytes,
1,099,511,627,776 TeraBytes,
1,125,899,906,842,624 GigaBytes,
1,152,921,504,606,846,976 MegaBytes,
1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 KiloBytes,
1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 Bytes or
9,671,406,556,917,033,397,649,408 Bits in
the basic form of digital information storage, being
composed of '0's or '1's in any combination.
On a CD or DVD the Bits are represented by 'pits'
and 'grounds' (the normal flat metallic surface of
the disc without any holes burnt or punched out of
it) with a transition between a pit and ground being
a 1 and a continuous spell within a pit or a ground
being a 0.
On a tape or hard
disc the same principle to a CD applies, but the
pits and grooves are represented magnetically.
As a rough guide,
you can fit 25 GigaBytes on a single-layer Blu-ray
disc, 50 GigaBytes on a dual-layer Blu-ray disc,
4.7 GigaBytes of information on a full size (12cm)
DVD and 0.7 GigaBytes of information on a standard
(12cm) CD.
There are 8 Bits
in a Byte,
1024 Bytes in a Kilobyte (KB),
1024 KiloBytes in a MegaByte (MB),
1024 MegaBytes in a GigaByte (GB),
1024 GigaBytes in a TeraByte (TB),
1024 TeraBytes in a PetaByte,
1024 PetaBytes in an ExaByte,
1024 ExaBytes in a ZettaByte and
1024 ZettaBytes in a YottaByte
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and DVD production FAQs.
