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1 gb, 20 years ago

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entrana
entrana Original post #1
Oct 3, 2007 at 8:27 PM
*content3.i-am-bored.com/games/62946_1gbthenandnow.jpg
the difference between 1gb 20 years ago and 1gb now..
S
Oct 3, 2007 at 8:30 PM
BIG difference.
like an ant in front of an elephant.
but it will become even smaller with development of tech.
but i am surprised that 1 GB was that big even 20 yrs ago.
entrana
entrana #3
Oct 3, 2007 at 8:32 PM
welcome to the past buddy,
Cool G5
Cool G5 #4
Oct 3, 2007 at 8:34 PM
In earlier days a 5mb harddisk would cost Rs.10k.Imagine 1TB after 20 yrs. :)
entrana
entrana #5
Oct 3, 2007 at 8:42 PM
this looks like a bicycle, look carefully theres also a little pedal on it at the side
T
The Conqueror #6
Oct 7, 2007 at 8:09 PM
Imagine 1 yottobyte in next 20 years.
vish786
vish786 #7
Oct 7, 2007 at 8:25 PM
come to my home i'll show u d difference... u'll get shocks. ;)
entrana
entrana #8
Oct 8, 2007 at 11:11 AM
Harry Potter said:
Imagine 1 yottobyte in next 20 years.
whats a yottobyte
[xubz]
[xubz] #9
Oct 8, 2007 at 11:16 AM
entrana said:
whats a yottobyte
1YB (Yottabyte) = 1024ZB (ZettaBytes)


|||ly,
1ZB = 1024 EB (ExaBytes)
1EB = 1024 PB (PetaBytes)
1PB = 1024 TB (TeraBytes)
1TB = 1024 GB


Edit: *en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte
T
The Conqueror #10
Oct 8, 2007 at 4:27 PM
A yottabyte (derived from the SI prefix yotta-) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to one septillion (one long scale quadrillion or 1024) bytes. It is commonly abbreviated YB. At this time, no computer has achieved one yottabyte of storage. In fact, the combined space of all the computers in the world does not amount to one yottabyte. According to one study, the world stores 161 exabytes as of 2006, with 988 exabytes projected by 2010.[1] When used with byte multiples, the SI prefix may indicate a power of either 1000 or 1024, so the exact number may be either:

1 septillion, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes — 10008, or 1024, or
1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes — 10248, or 280.
The term "yobibyte", using a binary prefix, has been proposed as an unambiguous reference to the latter value.
azzu
azzu #11
Oct 8, 2007 at 6:13 PM
^^ Vooooh
[xubz]
[xubz] #12
Oct 8, 2007 at 6:15 PM
Here is a list of current applications which boast of using 1 PetaByte+ Storage.

*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petabyte#Petabytes_in_use