Storage Tips
- Bits
- 1 bit: A binary decision
- Bytes
- (8 Bits): 1 byte: A single character
10 bytes: A single word
100 bytes: A sentence - Kilobyte
- (1024 Bytes): 1 Kilobyte: A page of text
10 Kilobytes: The size of this web page
100 Kilobytes: A compressed computer image OR a long essay - Megabyte
- (1024 Kilobyte): 1 Megabyte: A small novel OR a 3.5 inch floppy disk
2 Megabytes: A high resolution photograph
5 Megabytes: The complete works of Shakespeare
10 Megabytes: A minute of high-fidelity sound
100 Megabytes: 1 meter of shelved books
500 Megabytes: A CD-ROM - Gigabyte
- (1024 Megabyte): 1 Gigabyte: A symphony in high-fidelity sound OR a movie at TV quality
2 Gigabytes: 20 meters of shelved books
10 Gigabytes: A good collection of the works of Beethoven
20 Gigabytes: A VHS tape used for digital data
50 Gigabytes: A floor of books
100 Gigabytes: A floor of academic journals - Terabyte
- (1024 Gigabyte): 1 Terabyte: 50,000 trees made into paper
2 Terabytes: An academic research library
10 Terabytes: The printed collection of the US Library of Congress
100 Terabytes: The entire internet - Petabyte
- (1024 Terabyte): 1 Petabyte: 3 years of EOS (Earths Observing System) data
10 Petabytes: All US academic research libraries
100 Petabytes: All printed material - Exabyte
- (1024 Petabyte): 1 Exabyte: All words ever spoken by human beings
- Zettabyte
- (1024 Exabyte): As of 2006 the total amount of digital data in existence was 0.161 zettabytes
- Yottabyte
- (1024 Zettabyte): 1 Yottabyte: Everything that there is
One minute of video equals approximatley 1.8 megabytes (MB) of storage space. 700 MB of memory is available on a CD and holds approximatley 350 minutes of video.
