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. As of
2007, 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 stored approximately 160
exabytes in 2006, with nearly 1,000 exabytes projected by 2010. When used with byte multiples, the SI prefix may indicate a power of either 1,000 or 1,024, so the exact number may be either:1 septillion, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes — 10008, or 1024, or1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes — 10248, or 280.
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