What is a Yottabyte?



A yottabyte is the largest unit of measurement in computer science that is used to measure huge amounts of data, such as all the information stored in the world. One yottabyte equals 1,024 zettabytes or one septillion (10^24) bytes. A yottabyte is represented by an uppercase "YB."

Note: A yottabyte (YB) is 1000^8 bytes. Pronounced as "yadda-bite" not "yoda-bite".

What is a Yotta?

A "yotta" is the largest unit acknowledged in the International System of Units, which signifies a factor of a million septillion or, in other terms, a one followed by twenty-four zeros.

Conversion and Measurement

Converting a yottabyte into Byte unit.

Unit name Byte Yottabyte
Value in Bits 8 8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Value in Byte 1 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

In more simple terms, a yottabyte could be referenced as 2^80 bytes. This helps bring forward the question of how a yottabyte is measured.

YB = Byte ÷ 1000^8

Python Code for Byte (B) to Yottabyte (YB) Conversion To convert any value in Byte (B) to Byte (B) in Python you can use the following code:
bytes = int(input("Enter Bytes: "))
yottabytes = bytes / (1000*1000*1000*1000*1000*1000*1000*1000)
print("{} Bytes = {} Yottabytes".format(bytes,yottabytes))

How big is a yottabyte?

The following values are in Binary system

  • 1 yottabyte = 1,024 zettabytes
  • 1 yottabyte = 1,048,576 exabytes
  • 1 yottabyte = 1,073,741,824 petabytes
  • 1 yottabyte = 1,099,511,627,776 terabytes
  • 1 yottabyte = 1,125,899,906,842,624 gigabytes
  • 1 yottabyte = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 megabytes
  • 1 yottabyte = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 kilobytes
  • 1 yottabyte = 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes

Yottabyte Overview Table

The following table gives detailed information about yottabyte −

Feature Detail
Pronunciation ‘yadda-bite’ not ‘yoda-bite’
Definition A yottabyte is a phenomenal figure of bytes, a unit of digital storage equivalent to 8 bits that make up a byte. Yottabyte is not only a term referring to bytes but a unit that measures data to a computer.
SI Unit In the International System of Units, a yottabyte is the largest unit and is abbreviated as YB.
Storage Example A data center the size of Rhode Island would be able to store a yottabyte, which is the equivalent of a trillion bytes. Imagine the amount of things that could be stored, from videos to high‑res images.
Download Time It would take about 86 trillion years to download a single YB file.
Binary Conversion A yottabyte could be referred as 2^80 bytes.
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