A mole of bytes
All values in bits:
| Library of Congress | 8.00E+17 |
| Every phone call in the USA for a year | 2.18E+19 |
| Google data warehouse estimate 2013 | 1.20E+20 |
| 1 Joule at 300 K | 3.50E+20 |
| 1 gram of DNA | 3.40E+21 |
| Total global digital data in May 2009 | 4.70E+21 |
| total hard drive capacity sold in 2016 | 4.80E+21 |
| Maximum file size in Unix File System | 7.55579E+22 |
| 1 Joule at 1 K | 1.00E+23 |
| 1 mole of graphite at 25 °C | 6.00E+23 |
| 1 mole of bits | 6.02E+23 |
| 1 mole of bytes | 4.81771E+24 |
| 1 mole of liquid water at 25 °C | 7.30E+24 |
Source: mostly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(data)
Every phone call in the USA for a year: estimate from Brewster Kahle, June 12, 2013, done to check feasibility of news reports of NSA surveillance.
Original post: https://kitsunesoftware.wordpress.com/2019/07/11/a-mole-of-bytes/
Original post timestamp: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:41:15 +0000
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Categories: Technology