SNIA Online Dictionary

A glossary of storage networking, data, and information management terminology. You can download a PDF of the dictionary for local reference. To learn more about the SNIA Dictionary About the Dictionary.

SNIA Online Dictionary
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YB / YByte

[General]

Shorthand for Yottabyte.
Ybit

[General]

Shorthand for Yottabit.
YiB / YiByte

[General]

Shorthand for Yobibyte.
Yibit

[General]

Shorthand for Yobibit.
Yobibit

[General]

Shorthand for 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 (280) bits.


Binary notation is most commonly used for semiconductor memory sizes.


See also Yottabit.
Yobibyte

[General]

Shorthand for 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 (280) bytes.


Binary notation is most commonly used for semiconductor memory sizes.


See also Yottabyte.
Yottabit

[General]

Shorthand for 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (1024) bits.


The SNIA uses the base 10 convention commonly found in I/O-related and scientific literature rather than the base 2 convention (1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176, i.e., 280) common in computer system and software literature.


See also Yobibit.
Yottabyte

[General]

Shorthand for 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (1024) bytes.


The SNIA uses the base 10 convention commonly found in I/O-related and scientific literature rather than the base 2 convention (1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176, i.e., 280) common in computer system and software literature.


See also Yobibyte.