Re: Terrobyte

[Kris Olberg <KJOlberg -at- AOL -dot- COM>]

In a message dated 96-01-03 16:21:32 EST, Paul_Trexler -at- MACNEXUS -dot- ORG (Paul
Trexler) writes:

>What is a terrobyte?


I think you're asking about a "terabyte." It's a large amount of bytes. In a
decimal system, one terabyte is equal to 1,000,000,000,000 bytes, or 1000^4
(read one thousand to the power of four). In a binary system, one terabyte is
equal to 1,099,511,627,776 bytes, or 1024^4.

Here's a rundown of the prefixes currently in use (I apologize in advance for
the tabular format, which may be hard to read with some mail readers):

               Decimal Binary
               -----------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     kilo-    1000^1   1024^1   2^10   1,024
     mega- 1000^2   1024^2   2^20   1,048,576
     giga-   1000^3   1024^3   2^30   1,073,741,824
     tera-    1000^4   1024^4   2^40   1,099,511,627,776
     peta-   1000^5   1024^5   2^50   1,125,899,906,842,624
     exa-    1000^6   1024^6   2^60   1,152,921,504,606,846,976
     zetta-  1000^7   1024^7   2^70   1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424
     yotta-  1000^8   1024^8   2^80   1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176


Regards...Kris
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