Unit conversions

Unit conversions

1 Bit = Either 0 or 1

1 Nibble = 4 Bits

1 Byte = 8 Bits

1 Kilobyte = 1024 Bytes

1 Megabyte = 1024 Kilobytes which is equal to

* 873 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
* 4 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)

1 Gigabyte = 1,073,741,824 (230) bytes. 1,024 Megabytes, or 1,048,576 Kilobytes.

* 894,784 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
* 4,473 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
* 341 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
* 256 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
* 1 650MB CD

1 Terabyte = 1,099,511,627,776 (240) bytes, 1,024 Gigabytes, or 1,048,576 Megabytes

* 916,259,689 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
* 4,581,298 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
* 349,525 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
* 262,144 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
* 1,613 650MB CD’s
* 233 4.38GB DVD’s
* 40 25GB Blu-ray discs


1 Petabyte = 1,125,899,906,842,624 (250) bytes, 1,024 Terabytes, or 1,048,576 Gigabytes

* 938,249,922,368 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
* 4,691,249,611 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
* 357,913,941 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
* 268,435,456 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
* 1,651,910 650MB CD’s
* 239,400 4.38GB DVD’s
* 41,943 25GB Blu-ray discs

1 Exabyte = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 (260) bytes, 1,024 Petabytes, or 1,048,576 Terabytes

* 960,767,920,505,705 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
* 4,803,839,602,528 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
* 366,503,875,925 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
* 274,877,906,944 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
* 1,691,556,350 650MB CD’s
* 245,146,535 4.38GB DVD’s
* 42,949,672 25GB Blu-ray discs


1 Zettabyte = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 (270) bytes, 1,024 Exabytes,


* 983,826,350,597,842,752 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
* 4,919,131,752,989,213 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
* 375,299,968,947,541 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
* 281,474,976,710,656 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
* 1,732,153,702,834 650MB CD’s
* 251,030,052,003 4.38GB DVD’s
* 43,980,465,111 25GB Blu-ray discs


1 Yottabyte = 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 (280) bytes, 1,024 Zettabytes,


* 1,007,438,183,012,190,978,921 pages of plaintext (1,200 characters)
* 5,037,190,915,060,954,894 books (200 pages or 240,000 characters)
* 384,307,168,202,282,325 digital pictures (with 3MB average file size)
* 288,230,376,151,711,744 MP3 audio files (with 4MB average file size)
* 1,773,725,391,702,841 650MB CD’s
* 257,054,773,251,740 4.38GB DVD’s
* 45,035,996,273,704 25GB Blu-ray discs

Brontobyte and Geopbyte are also there as the next data storage representation.