Comments on: Bigger Bytes: Looking Beyond the Gigabyte

By: Gra

Gra — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:12:00 +0000

Actually Anil, the article is correct based on the fact that a consistent measurement increment has been clearly stated and used throughout the article.

However the Zottabyte should be a Yottabyte (yotta is derived from the Greek iota) as pointed out by Colin.

Once upon a time you would have been correct, Anil, however due to confusions, that became common during the early to mid ’90s in particular, between 1000 and 1024 it is now necessary to state a base derivative (i.e. 1000 bytes = 1 Kilobyte).

According to current accepted definitions of storage capacity the measurements in the article could be classified as the Metric storage measurements and what Anil are stated are binary measurements of a Kibibyte and a Mebibyte.

There can be a massive difference at the higher storage densities and those who deal with storage devices professionally have a habit of ensuring that definition of the base measurement (Kilobyte = 1000 or 1024 bytes) is provided before entering into negotiations/design/contracts/etc.

I’m just waiting for some bright spark to invent the Googolbyte 1000^100 bytes (or Googlebyte if a smart marketroid earns their pay for the month)…

By: majid aziz

majid aziz — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:13:06 +0000

what comes after exabyte(EB)?yottabyte or zettabyte(ZB)?…..i need to know

By: Princess

Princess — Mon, 08 May 2006 01:55:59 +0000

Is a megabyte bigger than a gigabyte?

Please reply.

By: Colin Rowley

Colin Rowley — Mon, 09 May 2005 17:34:00 +0000

According to Wikipedia, “yottabyte” comes after “zettabyte,” not “Zottabyte.” Thus, we can still abbreviate without confusion:
- Zettabyte (ZB)
- Yottabyte (YB)

By: Quick Online Tips

Quick Online Tips — Sun, 08 May 2005 16:33:00 +0000

Thanks for your comment Anil. Indeed your data is more accurate. I have updated the post.

By: Anil

Anil — Sun, 08 May 2005 14:02:00 +0000

You are totally wrong

1024 bytes = 1 Kilo Bytes
1024 Kilo Bytes = 1 Mega Bytes
…..So on

http://anildigital.blogspot.com

By: Peter Konnecke

Peter Konnecke — Sat, 07 May 2005 21:25:00 +0000

If you follow the common practice of using say Kb=kilobyte Mb=Megabyte … etc … what happens when you get to a Zettabyte (Zb) and then a Zottabyte … is that also a Zb ??