yottabytes
Trillion terabytes roughly
Yottabytes is the plural of yottabyte, a unit of digital information equal to one septillion bytes (10²⁴) or 2⁸⁰ bytes in binary.
The prefix yotta- represents the largest standard metric magnitude.
The scale is almost incomprehensible—estimates suggest all data ever created by humanity amounts to only a few tens of yottabytes.
Sextillion bytes measure
- exabytesQuintillion-byte units
- petabytesHuge data measurement unit
- terabytesTrillion-byte units
- gigabytesData capacity units
megabytes · kilobytes · bytes · bits · orders of magnitude · astronomical · quintillion · prefixes
Extremely large in scope
- astronomicalRelating to outer space
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- vastExtremely great in size
- colossalExtremely large in scale
enormous · stupendous · unfathomable · mind-boggling · staggering · unprecedented · massive · gargantuan
Facilities storing networked computers
- cloud storageOnline data preservation service
- archivesStored historical documents
- repositoriesPlaces for storing things
- serversMachines providing network resources
magnetic tape · backups · retention · capacity · infrastructure · facilities · warehouses · preservation
Systematic examination of datasets
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- datasetsOrganized digital records
- processingSystematic operation on data
- throughputProcessing rate over time
bandwidth · streaming · aggregation · mining · visualization · metadata · pipelines · ingestion
Based on hypothesis, untested
- projectedCast outward or forecast
- exponential growthQuantity multiplying proportionally over time
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- 2030sFourth decade, 21st century
zettabytes
Sextillion bytes measure
gigabytes · megabytes · kilobytes · bytes · bits · orders of magnitude · astronomical · quintillion · prefixes · SI units
immense
Extremely large in scope
- astronomicalRelating to outer space
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- vastExtremely great in size
colossal · enormous · stupendous · unfathomable · mind-boggling · staggering · unprecedented · massive · gargantuan · epic
data centers
Facilities storing networked computers
- cloud storageOnline data preservation service
- archivesStored historical documents
- repositoriesPlaces for storing things
servers · magnetic tape · backups · retention · capacity · infrastructure · facilities · warehouses · preservation
analytics
Systematic examination of datasets
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- datasetsOrganized digital records
- processingSystematic operation on data
throughput · bandwidth · streaming · aggregation · mining · visualization · metadata · pipelines · ingestion
theoretical
Based on hypothesis, untested
- projectedCast outward or forecast
- exponential growthQuantity multiplying proportionally over time
- forecastingEstimating future conditions