What is a Yottabyte?

A yottabyte is 2 to the power of 80 bytes. A byte is a unit of storage that allows computers to store information in binary code and is a very large amount of storage space. A yottabyte is a very large number of bytes which allow the technology to store info quickly and accurately. There is also megabytes, kilobytes, and exabytes. Yottabytes are a huge amount of storage. 

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[JayG]

• A byte is a unit of storage that allows computers to store information in binary code and is a very large amount of storage space.

Nope. Not even close. A byte is a single 8-bit binary number. It can represent only a single digit of type, or, a binary number from 0 to 255. And that's it. How can you write on the subject without knowing even the most basic of facts?

• A yottabyte is a very large number of bytes which allow the technology to store info quickly and accurately.

The number of bytes has nothing at all to do with either speed or accuracy. That's a function of the media and circuitry.

And large, you say? There are one TRILLION terabytes in a yottabyte. But the largest commercially available hard drive only holds 20 terrabytes. So...for the memory size you call "large" you would have to crowd 50 000 000 000 hard drives into the room.

Seriously, did you do even the most insignificant amount of research into the subject? You cannot bullshit science, because Mother Nature is both unyeilding and unforgiving. You get it right or it doesn't work.

And having begun designing computer systems shortly after vacuum tubes were phased out, I know that first hand.