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jgpaiva:
Here's an interesting page which gives you some idea of how much data the values in multiples of Bytes mean:
Whenever we discuss quantities of data, we tend to do it in the abstract. We speak of a kilobyte, or a megabyte or a gigabyte without really knowing what it represents.

The following table shows various quantities of bytes, in each power of ten. Usually, they are shown with multiples of 2 and 5 also. For example, 1 Kilobyte, 2 Kilobytes, 5 Kilobytes.

-http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/how_big.htm
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http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/how_big.htm


here's the one i personally find most interesting:
5 Exabytes: All words ever spoken by human beings.
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For more info on how MB,TB,EB, etc relate, check This wikipedia page

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