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How much is 16 gigabytes?

It's about one-third as much as a Blu-ray Disc
The amount of a Blu-ray Disc is about 50 gigabytes.
(a.k.a. BD) (dual-layer; Blu-ray disc)
A typical Blu-ray disc will hold 50 gigabytes (gB) of data. The increase in capacity versus a standard DVD is possible because of the smaller wavelength of blue light — 405 nanometers instead of 650 nanometers for the red laser light used in a DVD.
It's about three-tenths as much as Wikipedia
The amount of Wikipedia is about 53 gigabytes.
(2009 figures) (all languages)
As of 2009, Wikipedia held 53 gigabytes (gB) of publicly written and edited encyclopedia articles on 14.5 million subjects as well as associated commentary and discussion. Wikipedia is among the ten most popular websites on the Internet and the only non-profit entity in that group.
It's about three-and-a-half times as much as a DVD
The amount of a DVD is about 4.70 gigabytes.
(a.k.a. digital video disc) (single-side, single-layer; DVD-5 specification)
A typical capacity digital video disc will hold 4.7 gigabytes (gB) of data. Such disks are 1.2 mm (0.047 in) thick.
It's about four times as much as an HDTV Television Show (30 Minutes)
The amount of an HDTV Television Show (30 Minutes) is about 4.220 gigabytes.
(a.k.a. High Definition television, a.k.a. HD) (digital signal, QAM-256; 30 minutes)
Broadcast cable HDTV signals contain about 0.00234 gigabytes of data per second, or 4.22 gigabytes (gB) in a thirty-minute television show. The first High Definition television broadcast was news footage from John Glenn's 1998 mission on the space shuttle Discovery.
It's about one-tenth as much as an iPod
The amount of an iPod is about 160 gigabytes.
(a.k.a. Apple iPod) (2010 figures; for iPod classic, sixth generation)
A sixth-generation, iPod classic MP3 player offers a storage capacity of 160 gigabytes (gB). Data is stored in the unit's hard drive, a 5,400 RPM SATA drive, which measures about 30 sq. cm (5 sq. in)
It's about twenty times as much as a Compact Disc
The amount of a Compact Disc is about 0.720 gigabytes.
(80-minute, 360,000 sector disc; "Red Book" specifications)
A typical, 80-minute capacity compact disc, commonly known as a 0.68360 gigabytes disc will actually hold 0.720 gigabytes of data. Such disks are 1.2 mm (0.047 in) thick.
It's about one-two-hundred-fiftieth as much as Watson
The amount of Watson is about 4,100 gigabytes.
(data store only)
Watson, the IBM supercomputer famous for competing against humans on the televised trivia game show Jeopardy!, utilizes 4,100 gigabytes of variously-structured data to formulate answers. While "thinking", Watson processes about 500 gigabytes of data per second.
It's about one-five-hundredth as much as a Gap, Inc. Customer Database
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The amount of a Gap, Inc. Customer Database is about 7,000 gigabytes.
(a.k.a. The GAP Companies, a.k.a. Gap) (2012 figures)
The GAP Inc., the corporate parent of GAP store, Old Navy, and Banana Republic, has accumulated over 7,000 gigabytes of data on almost a billion customers. The GAP, Inc remains the largest apparel retailer in the United States and was the largest in the world from the mid-1990s until about 2008.
It's about one-two-thousand-five-hundredth as much as The Amazon.com's databases
The amount of The Amazon.com's databases is about 43,331 gigabytes.
(largest databases only; 2005 figures)
Amazon.com maintains information on the millions of items sold on it's e-Commerce website and the websites of its affiliate companies, as well as information on customer orders and browsing history, and excerpts from nearly a quarter-billion books in databases totaling an estimated 44,370.90 gigabytes of data. Amazon.com receives over 615 million visits to its US website each year.
It's about 3,000 times as much as The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The amount of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare is about 0.0052 gigabytes.
(ASCII, plain text)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare would occupy about 0.0052 gigabytes when written in plain text without formatting. These works include 38 definitively-attributed plays — 11 tragedies, 17 comedies, and 10 tragedies — as well as 154 sonnets and numerous other poems.
It's about one-four-thousand-five-hundredth as much as The Google Earth database
The amount of The Google Earth database is about 72,200 gigabytes.
(2006 figures) (raw imagery and indexes storage)
As of 2006, Google was storing 72,200 gigabytes of raw image and index data for its satellite photo and virtual globe application, Google Earth. The application offers high resolution satellite imagery of 60% of the populated areas of the world, according to 2010 estimates.
It's about 5,000 times as much as a MP3 Song
The amount of a MP3 Song is about 0.003 gigabytes.
(a.k.a. MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, a.k.a. MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3) (128 Kbps, "near-CD-quality"; 3 minutes duration; average)
A three-minute song of typical quality will be about 0.003 gigabytes when encoded into MP3 format. The song Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega was used by AT&T-Bell Labs engineer Karlheinz Brandenburg to test the compression process and is considered the first MP3 song.
It's about one-five-thousandth as much as The LHC Data Generated per Second
The amount of The LHC Data Generated per Second is about 100,000 gigabytes.
(a.k.a. Large Hadron Collider) (2008 figures)
Capturing millions of measurements per second on millions of subatomic particles, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) facility in Geneva generates 100,000 gigabytes of data every second. Data collection arrays are placed throughout the LHC's 8.6 km (5.3 mi) circular track.
It's about one-seven-thousand-five-hundredth as much as The Hubble Telescope
The amount of The Hubble Telescope is about 130,000 gigabytes.
(a.k.a. Hubble Space Telescope, a.k.a. HST) (2008 figures)
Between its launch in 1990 and 2008, the Hubble Space Telescope gathered 120,000 gigabytes 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 0.002 gigabytes of operating memory (RAM) — less than most smartphones.
It's about one-nine-thousandth as much as Despicable Me
The amount of Despicable Me is about 146,000 gigabytes.
(2010) (Production data)
The 2010 digitally-animated film Despicable Me was developed by Illumination Entertainment and Mac Guff Ligne and used 145,000 gigabytes. The film had a running time of 95 minutes.
 
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