Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gee! I thought that after Zepo came Harpo, Chico and Groucho! Ya learn something new every day. shier@mnsinc.com - -----Original Message----- From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Friday, November 28, 1997 9:19 PM Subject: Giga, Trea, and beyond >At 02:16 PM 11/28/97, Bill wrote: >> >>So what's the next word after terabyte (1000 terabytes)? My vote is for >>gazigabyte, but I'm sure someone already has something more technical and >>rational -- and boring -- ready to go. Anyone? (I've been asking my >>computer science colleagues for a while, and no one has had an answer yet.) >> > >Bill, > >The answer is very simple... > >For thjose who want to know the powers of ten nomenclature... here it is: > >S P A C E - Bits or bytes > Power of 10 >Kilo (K) Thousand 3 >Mega (M) Million 6 >Giga (G) Billion 9 >Tera (T) Trillion 12 >Peta (P) Quadrillion 15 >Exa (E) Quintillion 18 >Zetta (Z) Sextillion 21 >Yotta (Y) Septillion 24 > > >T I M E - Fraction of second > Power of 10 >Millisecond (ms) Thousandth -3 >Microsecond (aes) Millionth -6 >Nanosecond (ns) Billionth -9 >Picosecond (ps) Trillionth -12 >Femtosecond (fs) Quadrillionth -15 >Attosecond (as) Quintillionth -18 >Zeposecond (zs) Sextillionth -21 >Yoctosecond (ys) Septillionth -24 > > >Storage/channel capacity measured in: > >CPU word size Bits >Bus size Bits >Disk, tape Bytes > >MEMORY >overall capacity Bytes >SIMM or SIP module Bytes >Individual chip Bits > >