Digital information's explosive growth, and more
In 2006, the world produced 161 “exabytes” of digital information—3 million times the amount of information contained in all the books ever written.
Digital information's explosive growth
In 2006, the world produced 161 “exabytes” of digital information—3 million times the amount of information contained in all the books ever
written. Next year, the world will produce 988 exabytes of data.
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