1E30 is a lot of data.

| | Comments (1)

The ad copy here reads:

"How do you back up 9.22x1018 TB of data?
Instantly."

A terabyte is around 1.1x1012 bytes (or around that, depending on how much of a nard you are) and 9.22x1018 is unambiguously exactly what it is. Multiply all that out, and you end up with 8.1x1031 bits, which is ... a whole ton. In comparison, the "average" human body is composed of around 1027 atoms.

1 Comments

It's 2^40 bytes over in CS land.

Leave a comment

Pages

Powered by Movable Type 4.12

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by milkman published on May 2, 2006 7:04 PM.

No Readees Allowed was the previous entry in this blog.

Southwest has cornered the "A" concourse is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.