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How much is 0.00000060 zettabytes?

It's about as much as The Ancestry.com's Census Records
The amount of The Ancestry.com's Census Records is about 0.000000500 zettabytes.
(2006 figures) (1790 to 1930 records only)
Updated in 2006 through a one-of-a-kind project, the genealogical research site Ancestry.com added 540 million names from records in the 1790 to 1930 US Census, capturing a total of 0.000000600 zettabytes of data. According to company estimates, the project took 6.6 million hours (750 person-years) to complete.
It's about one-and-one-fifth times as much as YouTube's video database
The amount of YouTube's video database is about 0.000000490 zettabytes.
(2008 figures) (video data only)
YouTube's collection of user-generated and commercially-produced videos measures about 0.000000490 zettabytes in total data volume. Every minute, an average of 35 hours of new video content is uploaded to YouTube.
It's about three-fourths as much as The Google database
The amount of The Google database is about 0.000000790 zettabytes.
(2006 figures) (web crawler data; compressed)
As of 2006, the Google search engine database contained 0.000000790 zettabytes of compressed data about the web pages it had indexed while crawling the web. Each day, Google processes over one billion search requests.
It's about one-and-two-fifths times as much as a Walmart's Mainframe
The amount of a Walmart's Mainframe is about 0.000000430 zettabytes.
(a.k.a. Wal-Mart, a.k.a. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc) (2004 figures)
As of 2004, Walmart had accumulated nearly 460 terabytes of data about its customers, inventory, products, and sales. According to some estimates, the total area of all Walmart stores in the United States measures 64,000,000 sq. m.
It's about seven-tenths as much as a Avatar
The amount of a Avatar is about 0.000000900 zettabytes.
(a.k.a. James Cameron's Avatar, a.k.a. Avatar: An IMAX 3D experience) (production rendering data)
Using a combination of breakthrough techniques that ultimately made it the most expensive movie ever produced, the film Avatar required 0.000001000 zettabytes of storage space for its computer rendering. According to some sources, each frame of the 166-minute movie took an average of 47 person-hours to complete.
It's about seven-tenths as much as Facebook's Photo Storage
The amount of Facebook's Photo Storage is about 0.000000900 zettabytes.
(2008 figures) (total storage)
Facebook, the popular social networking site, hosts about 0.000001000 zettabytes of photos uploaded by its users as of 2008. Facebook users upload more than 0.00000000200 zettabytes of new photos to this collection every day.
It's about half as much as World of Warcraft
The amount of World of Warcraft is about 0.00000120 zettabytes.
(a.k.a. WoW) (2009 figures) (total storage for Blizzard Entertainment)
World of Warcraft, the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), uses 0.00000120 zettabytes of data for its operations. The game's development required about 5 years and included the enhancement of a proprietary 3D graphics engine developed for the prequel of the game.
It's about two-and-a-half times as much as Pandora
The amount of Pandora is about 0.000000230 zettabytes.
(a.k.a. Pandora Radio) (2011 figures)
Pandora, the online radio and song recommendation service, stores 0.000000230 zettabytes of music. Its music recommendation service categorizes each song in its library using 400 attributes and 2,000 attribute combinations.
It's about three-tenths as much as an Imgur's Monthly Bandwidth
The amount of an Imgur's Monthly Bandwidth is about 0.000002010 zettabytes.
(Jan-Feb, 2012 figures)
Imgur, the free online image hosting service, used a total of 0.000002010 zettabytes in bandwidth between January and February, 2012. The site has served up over 15 billion images in that time.
It's about one-fourth as much as a Human Brain
The amount of a Human Brain is about 0.00000240 zettabytes.
According to Northwestern University psychology professor Paul Reber, the capacity of the human brain is a theoretical 0.00000240 zettabytes. Each lobe of the brain consists of folded neural tissue with a total area, if unfolded, of about 0.24 sq. m.
It's about one-fourth as much as The US Census Bureau
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The amount of The US Census Bureau is about 0.00000240 zettabytes.
(a.k.a. United States Census Bureau, a.k.a. Bureau of the Census) (2010 figures) (total active data)
The United States Census Bureau administers 0.00000240 zettabytes of demographic and population data gathered through the decennial census and other surveys. The Census Bureau makes the results of each census public 72 years after they are gathered.
It's about four times as much as The IRS Compliance Database
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The amount of The IRS Compliance Database is about 0.000000140 zettabytes.
(a.k.a. Internal Revenue Service) (2006 figures)
The United States Internal Revenue Service's compliance database holds more than 0.000000140 zettabytes of data on tax returns and other records. Each year of tax records occupies between 0.0000000160 zettabytes.
It's about four-and-a-half times as much as Despicable Me
The amount of Despicable Me is about 0.0000001320 zettabytes.
(2010) (Production data)
The 2010 digitally-animated film Despicable Me was developed by Illumination Entertainment and Mac Guff Ligne and used 0.0000001320 zettabytes. The film had a running time of 95 minutes.
It's about one-fifth as much as Netflix's catalog
The amount of Netflix's catalog is about 0.000002990 zettabytes.
(May, 2013 figures)
The uncompressed source copies of all the movies available for viewing on Netflix total 0.000002990 zettabytes. According to estimates, videos streamed from Netflix account for about 29% of all Internet traffic, as of 2013.
It's about five times as much as The Hubble Telescope
The amount of The Hubble Telescope is about 0.000000120 zettabytes.
(a.k.a. Hubble Space Telescope, a.k.a. HST) (2008 figures)
Between its launch in 1990 and 2008, the Hubble Space Telescope gathered 0.000000110 zettabytes of images and other data about astronomical phenomena. Last upgraded during a service mission in 1999, the onboard computer of the Hubble Telescope has just 0.00000000000000180 zettabytes of operating memory (RAM) — less than most smartphones.
 
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