bit (b) 0 or 1 byte (B) 8 bits kilobyte (KB) [1,000.sup.1] bytes megabyte (MB) [1,000.sup.2] bytes gigabyte (GB) [1,000.sup.3] bytes terabyte (TB) [1,000.sup.4] bytes petabyte PB) [1,000.sup.5] bytes
exabyte (EB) [1,000.sup.6] bytes zettabyte (ZB) [1,000.sup.7] bytes yottabyte (YB) [1,000.sup.8] bytes bit (b) 1/8 of a byte byte (B) 1 byte kilobyte (KB) 1,000 bytes megabyte (MB) 1,000.000 bytes gigabyte (GB) 1.000.000,000 bytes terabyte (TB) 1.000,000,000.000 bytes petabyte PB) 1,000.000,000.000,000 bytes
exabyte (EB) 1,000,000,000,000.000,000 bytes zettabyte (ZB) 1,000,000.000.000,000,000,000 bytes yottabyte (YB) 1,000.000,000,000,000.000,000,000 bytes
Also, the company expects to report HDD
exabyte shipments of approximately 67
exabytes, reflecting unit shipments of approximately 39 million and average capacity per drive of 1.7 terabytes.
Microsoft research estimates that 1 cubic millimeter of DNA can store 1
exabyte, or 1 billion gigabytes, worth of data, making the use of DNA for digital data archival a viable option long term, Tech Times reported.
Last week, Cisco had said that by 2018, mobile data could grow 11 times in the next four years, reaching 18 exabytes(1
exabyte is equal to 1 billion gigabytes) per month.