Yobibytes

Yobibytes are a unit of digital information in the International System of Quantities (ISQ), defined as multiples of the unit byte for digital information storage and processing. The prefix "yobi" is derived from the Japanese word for one quintillion (10^18), and it represents 2^80 (1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176) bytes. This unit is part of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) binary prefixes, which are used to avoid confusion with the decimal (SI) prefixes that represent powers of ten.

The yobibyte is denoted by the symbol "YiB". It is used to measure large amounts of digital data, such as in data storage devices, cloud computing, and big data analytics. For example, a yobibyte is equivalent to 1,024 zebibytes (ZiB), which is 2^70 bytes.

The use of yobibytes and other IEC binary prefixes is recommended by the IEC to ensure clarity and consistency in digital information measurement. This is particularly important in fields where precision and accuracy are crucial, such as data storage and transmission, where the difference between powers of two and powers of ten can be significant.