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Ok, so I’m already doing Petabyte scale data warehousing... how much larger is a Trilobyte exactly?

• studius 6y ago
  > how much larger is a Trilobyte exactly? Trilobyte actually was the name of a game company from the 1990s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobyte_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobyte_(company) The official company logo consisted of a trilobite superimposed on a pyramid, which is relevant and loosely on-topic. Some could also interpret it to be a trillion (million million) bytes, 10^12 bytes in modern usage of the word trillion. The correct term would be terabyte, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terabyte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terabyte Historically and still in some countries as of 2020[1], a trillion was and is a million million million, which would've been 10^18. (Note that prior to the mid-20th century, "byte" was not a common term, if used at all. The homonym "bite", however, is understood to be involved in food processing for storage. I've never heard anyone refer to a trilobite as a trillion bites, though.) In Urban Dictionary, a trilobite is also defined as "a great word for Trekkies or others who will live in their mother's basement until retirement."[2] Where such an individual goes after retirement may not be well-understood. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillion [2]: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trilobite https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trilobite
  • Cockbrand 6y ago
    I appreciate your elaborate and quite comprehensive answer to my (probably rightfully) downvoted bad pun!