Fit4130Rider Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 I found this in one of my math books. It shocked me just how small a GB is in comparision to what is out there. gigabyte = 1GB (one) terabyte = 1,000GB (thousand) petabyte = 1,000,000GB (million) exabyte = 1,000,000,000GB (billion) zettabyte= 1,000,000,000,000GB (trillion) yottabyte= 1,000,000,000,000,000GB (quadrillion) nonabyte= 1,000,000,000,000,000,000GB (quintillion) doggabyte=1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000GB (sextillion) Then I used a download calculator to see how long it would take to download 1 DB sized file on gigabit ethernet. And it came out taking 99,420,539,259,259,260 days, or 272,385,039,066,463 years. Thats Gbit ethernet. Also, it would take 4,000,000,000,000,000,000 250GB hard drives to make just 1DB Does anyone know anything bigger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=[Blueshadowz]=- Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Intersting. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudioDope Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Cool, i can imagine in the future maybe my grandsons saying "Hey, i need a 80doggabyte hd" lol jk DAMn thats alot.. none of us will even be alive by the time they come with petabyte/exebyte hd's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[jon] Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 I've looked into this in the past extensively and failed to find anything larger than a Doggabyte... Have you looked at Kibibytes, Mebibytes, Gibibytes, etc yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit4130Rider Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 No I haven't, what is different about kibibytes from kilobytes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiegel Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 :omg: so ur saying that i have one doggabyte of porn hmm interesting :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cscheatsforyou Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 hey Fit4130Rider you sure know your math :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit4130Rider Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 I try. Well, most of it was just simple conversions and done with progs on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted August 31, 2004 Global Moderator Share Posted August 31, 2004 when we say Gigabyte... we think of 1000MB.. but it *should* be pronounced Gibibyte. a real Gigabyte is 1024 Mibibytes. kibibyte = 1000 bytes mibibyte = 1000 kb or do i have this backwards... either way we're all technically wrong :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vip Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 that's insane .. what the hell would you store on a HD like that if there were one available :l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit4130Rider Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 I thought about the whole 1000 1024 thing, but i just said screw it and said Gigabyte = 1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altermind Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 I've only one terabyte :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudioDope Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Jdawg, now im confused :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit4130Rider Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 I've only one terabyte :( I know, I'm at only 484GB. I feel inept now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazord Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 that's insane .. what the hell would you store on a HD like that if there were one available :l Considering games used to take only one floppy and now they take multipale cds I can see why you might need one in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted August 31, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 31, 2004 when we say Gigabyte... we think of 1000MB.. but it *should* be pronounced Gibibyte. a real Gigabyte is 1024 Mibibytes.kibibyte = 1000 bytes mibibyte = 1000 kb or do i have this backwards... either way we're all technically wrong :p You have it backwards, I think. A gigabyte is 1000 megabytes, which is 1000 kilobytes, which is 1000 bytes. A kibibyte is 1024 bytes, or what we commonly refer to as a kilobyte. This is how hard drive makers always win the "1 GB = 1000 MB" argument, because they're technically correct... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra Frosty Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 That math book is technically incorrect. Ill give you some real results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitch409 Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 cool, if there was a harddrive that big, you could save the internet :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit4130Rider Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 It just gave the bases, not 1024. KISS (keep it simple stupid) kinda thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayMan2K Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 cool, if there was a harddrive that big, you could save the internet :shifty: Talk about caching! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick0142 Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 ,Aug 31 2004, 19:31] :omg:so ur saying that i have one doggabyte of porn hmm interesting :shifty: no, i think what you mean to say is that you have one terabyte of dog porn. we forgive you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newdles Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 What about a nibble ? (opposite direction :p) http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,...i212659,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiegel Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 no, i think what you mean to say is that you have one terabyte of dog porn.we forgive you ah of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwanders Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 What about a nibble ? (opposite direction :p)http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,...i212659,00.html unfortunately, four bits strung together is not equally as impressive as a doggabyte. And with the new terminology that's been on the rise in the past few years, should we start pronouncing it "doggibibyte" or "diggibibyte". hmm, perhaps just 'kibbles and bytes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newdles Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 You have it backwards, I think. A gigabyte is 1000 megabytes, which is 1000 kilobytes, which is 1000 bytes. To me, a gigabyte = 1024 megabytes. Who truly knows overall though. Windows calculates it as 1 gigabyte = 1024 megabytes but I'm not sure that is even the true "correct" equality. Linux, I believe, equates it as 1000 mb = 1 gb. Either way, it's always 1024 mb = 1 gb for me :) http://www.beesky.com/newsite/bit_byte.htm http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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