How much is 969 yottabytes?
It's about 400,000,000,000,000,000,000 times as much as a MP3 Song
The amount of a MP3 Song is about 0.00000000000000000300 yottabytes.
(a.k.a. MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, a.k.a. MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3) (128 Kbps, "near-CD-quality"; 3 minutes duration; average)
A three-minute song of typical quality will be about 0.00000000000000000300 yottabytes when encoded into MP3 format. The song Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega was used by AT&T-Bell Labs engineer Karlheinz Brandenburg to test the compression process and is considered the first MP3 song.
It's about 20,000,000,000,000,000 times as much as Wikipedia
The amount of Wikipedia is about 0.0000000000000470 yottabytes.
(2009 figures) (all languages)
As of 2009, Wikipedia held 0.0000000000000470 yottabytes of publicly written and edited encyclopedia articles on 14.5 million subjects as well as associated commentary and discussion. Wikipedia is among the ten most popular websites on the Internet and the only non-profit entity in that group.
It's about 20,000,000,000,000,000 times as much as a Blu-ray Disc
The amount of a Blu-ray Disc is about 0.0000000000000440 yottabytes.
(a.k.a. BD) (dual-layer; Blu-ray disc)
A typical Blu-ray disc will hold 0.0000000000000440 yottabytes of data. The increase in capacity versus a standard DVD is possible because of the smaller wavelength of blue light — 405 nanometers instead of 650 nanometers for the red laser light used in a DVD.
It's about 250,000,000,000,000,000 times as much as a DVD
The amount of a DVD is about 0.00000000000000420 yottabytes.
(a.k.a. digital video disc) (single-side, single-layer; DVD-5 specification)
A typical capacity digital video disc will hold 0.00000000000000420 yottabytes of data. Such disks are 1.2 mm (0.047 in) thick.
It's about 1,500,000,000,000,000,000 times as much as a Compact Disc
The amount of a Compact Disc is about 0.00000000000000063950 yottabytes.
(80-minute, 360,000 sector disc; "Red Book" specifications)
A typical, 80-minute capacity compact disc, commonly known as a 0.00000000000000060720 yottabytes disc will actually hold 0.00000000000000063950 yottabytes of data. Such disks are 1.2 mm (0.047 in) thick.
It's about 200,000,000,000,000,000,000 times as much as The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The amount of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare is about 0.00000000000000000460 yottabytes.
(ASCII, plain text)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare would occupy about 0.00000000000000000460 yottabytes when written in plain text without formatting. These works include 38 definitively-attributed plays — 11 tragedies, 17 comedies, and 10 tragedies — as well as 154 sonnets and numerous other poems.
It's about 800,000,000,000,000,000,000 times as much as a Floppy Disk (3½-in)
The amount of a Floppy Disk (3½-in) is about 0.000000000000000001219730 yottabytes.
(high density, IBM PC format)
Despite common reference to them as "1.44" megabyte (mB) disks, the actual capacity of the most common model of a 3&-in (8.9 cm) floppy disk is 0.000000000000000001219730 yottabytes. At the height of their use 1996, there were an estimated five billion disks in use — nearly one for each person on Earth at the time.
It's about 10,000,000,000,000,000,905,969,664 times as much as a Magnetic Stripe Card
The amount of a Magnetic Stripe Card is about 0.0000000000000000000000900 yottabytes.
(maximum capacity; per ISO 7811 specification)
The storage capacity of a magnetic stripe on a credit or identification card is about 0.0000000000000000000001000 yottabytes. According to legend, Forrest Parry, the IBM engineer who developed the first magnetic stripe card in 1960, was able to solve the problem of adhering the strip to the card after his wife suggested using an iron.