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minus-squareDahGangalang@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours agoMetric appears to end at 10^30, but even then, I think the better way to phrase that number would be 5,000 quetta-bytes Tera = 10^12; Septillion = 10^21 Source
minus-squareRedjard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 hours ago*500 000 quettabytes *Sextillion = 10^21 ( = Zetta) I’d recommend wikipedia here, your source seems to have taken 3 years to update their table and their image is still outdated. They likely didn’t use quetta because it was only added 3 years ago, and is still not widely known. Or maybe it sounded better.
Metric appears to end at 10^30, but even then, I think the better way to phrase that number would be 5,000 quetta-bytes
Tera = 10^12; Septillion = 10^21 Source
*500 000 quettabytes
*Sextillion = 10^21 ( = Zetta)
I’d recommend wikipedia here, your source seems to have taken 3 years to update their table and their image is still outdated.
They likely didn’t use quetta because it was only added 3 years ago, and is still not widely known. Or maybe it sounded better.