Size of the Internet

whiteflip · 7th August 2002, 12:00

How big is the internet? in File size?
How many Bytes (peta whatever) get transfered daily?
How many clicks do you think it takes to get from one website to every other website on the net?

Last i heard it took 28 clicks to get from one website to anyother website on the net from the inside of a browser

im really bored so have fun guessing answers or posting facts

Atmo · 7th August 2002, 12:04

More than 1kb, but less than 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 terabytes.

Thats my guess.

SNYder · 7th August 2002, 12:10

Quote:

Originally posted by Atmo
less than 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 terabytes.

I don't know about that. Do you know how much pr0n there is on the internet now-e-days?!

Rocker · 7th August 2002, 12:12

when i'm online add an extra 100 gigs or so

when i'm offline don't add the extra gigs

Ian the Korean · 7th August 2002, 13:07

The internet is like one of those theories of the universe, it just keeps expanding and growing larger, probably really isnt any limit to its size, so it could basically get infinitely larger.

steak · 7th August 2002, 14:30

I reckon it's probably infinatley small, but don't quote me on that

Ian the Korean · 7th August 2002, 14:36

No, I believe its just the intelligence of those using the internet thats infinitely small, 'cept for this forum of course!

papadoc · 7th August 2002, 14:42

The End of the Internet

steak · 7th August 2002, 14:44

Strange it seems it's only 1732 bytes...

Seems a little on the small side...

rm' · 7th August 2002, 14:49

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Originally posted by steak
I reckon it's probably infinatley small, but don't quote me on that

I actually think you are right. Bytes, and all its derivatives, are a way to describe something which doesn't physically exist. It's all relative. 10 MB of wave audio could be 1 minute long, while 10 MB of text can fill several thousand pages. In reality, neither the text or audio exists; it's interpreted, and recreated by your computer. Sure, it's stored physically somewhere on a hard drive, but is that really text? Is that truly the document you are looking at? No. All the stuff on the internet is the representative form of a virtual object. That virtual object takes no space.

zootm · 7th August 2002, 14:58

the internet, on the connection i have now is about... hmmmm... ten minutes?

Windude · 7th August 2002, 15:03

The people who keep the Internet Archive use many terrabytes. Quite Possibly Petabytes or that byte structrue beginning with Y

rm' · 7th August 2002, 15:06

Yummybyte?

insomniac · 7th August 2002, 15:09

With all the files being created/copied it probably goes up about 1000+ GB each second.

zootm · 7th August 2002, 15:11

yiggybyte? yoogabyte? yellowbyte?

ElChevelle · 7th August 2002, 15:15

Back it up with tangible evidence, geeks:
http://www.netsizer.com/
http://www.neci.nec.com/~lawrence/websize.html

Ian the Korean · 7th August 2002, 15:49

Meh, you can all just byte me then.

OutKast · 7th August 2002, 16:31

Yummybyte <-LOL

On mIRC there are millions of people with fileservers. The data being sent must be huge.

Khakionion · 7th August 2002, 22:47

Quote:

The End of the Internet

On that same token, when you're done using something, you should always turn it off!

Aquila Blue · 7th August 2002, 23:18

There must just be a whole digital world out there...

Bilbo Baggins · 7th August 2002, 23:22

Isn't there a physical limit though to the number of bytes on the internet, because the internet is "stored" on HDD's across the world?

Mizter_E · 7th August 2002, 23:28

aquila, who knows maybe digimon do really exist!

QHOBBES · 7th August 2002, 23:57

yeah i've always wanted to download the internet and all the intranets
but none are on kazass lite and DAP has its limits! (dial-up)

Khakionion · 8th August 2002, 00:01

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aquila, who knows maybe digimon do really exist!

Digital Monster?

Aquila Blue · 8th August 2002, 00:25

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Originally posted by Mizter_E
aquila, who knows maybe digimon do really exist!

hee hee, that would be cool. In Digimon Tamers they gave a really good explaination of what digimon actually were. Rudimentary AI programs that eventually evolved into complex beings. (I think that's a neat concept)

Xerxes · 8th August 2002, 01:47

Quote:

Originally posted by Aquila Blue
There must just be a whole digital world out there...

But 75% percent of this new brave digital world is strip joints and nudee bars...

whiteflip · 8th August 2002, 03:42

some one take a couple crays hook them together build and AI and load up some networking software and a T3 line and lets see how smart computers are.

Shenlong · 8th August 2002, 03:46

If computers are so smart, how come they need me to turn them on and shut them off? Huh, punk?!

::Punches computer screen:: OW!

Neko · 8th August 2002, 03:58

i can image a real digital world, i can also imagine aol popups scaring the s~=t out of me every now and then, and lots of dialer programs trying to install inside you every time you go to a slightly ilegal site

Ulysses · 8th August 2002, 04:44

Oh, I don't know- about this big maybe-->

7th August 2002, 12:00	#1
whiteflip Post Master General (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Seattle, Now Las Vegas Posts: 6,032	Size of the Internet How big is the internet? in File size? How many Bytes (peta whatever) get transfered daily? How many clicks do you think it takes to get from one website to every other website on the net? Last i heard it took 28 clicks to get from one website to anyother website on the net from the inside of a browser im really bored so have fun guessing answers or posting facts I'm Back?

7th August 2002, 12:04	#2
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	More than 1kb, but less than 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 terabytes. Thats my guess. :Psykotech:

7th August 2002, 12:12	#4
Rocker Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 9,904	when i'm online add an extra 100 gigs or so when i'm offline don't add the extra gigs If your interested in updating/contributing to winamp's tech support greatest hits forumPlease start a thread in winamp's discussion forum with what you would like to see along with your update for review

7th August 2002, 13:07	#5
Ian the Korean Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Niflheim Posts: 1,075	The internet is like one of those theories of the universe, it just keeps expanding and growing larger, probably really isnt any limit to its size, so it could basically get infinitely larger. Bound by chain of dwarven magic, A tale of trickery, long and tragic, Sword in jaw, awaiting the day, Ragnarok, when all gods shall pay \|JessNet\|PabUK\|\|Anime-Forums\| Jesus-half brother. WHERES MY FREE DIGITAL ASSHOLE?!

7th August 2002, 14:36	#7
Ian the Korean Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Niflheim Posts: 1,075	No, I believe its just the intelligence of those using the internet thats infinitely small, 'cept for this forum of course! Bound by chain of dwarven magic, A tale of trickery, long and tragic, Sword in jaw, awaiting the day, Ragnarok, when all gods shall pay \|JessNet\|PabUK\|\|Anime-Forums\| Jesus-half brother. WHERES MY FREE DIGITAL ASSHOLE?!

7th August 2002, 14:30	#6
steak Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Zooropa Posts: 820	I reckon it's probably infinatley small, but don't quote me on that

7th August 2002, 14:42	#8
papadoc Comfortably Numb (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Behind the Wall Posts: 4,606	The End of the Internet

7th August 2002, 14:44	#9
steak Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Zooropa Posts: 820	Strange it seems it's only 1732 bytes... Seems a little on the small side...

7th August 2002, 14:58	#11
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,378	the internet, on the connection i have now is about... hmmmm... ten minutes?

7th August 2002, 15:03	#12
Windude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: secret Posts: 288	The people who keep the Internet Archive use many terrabytes. Quite Possibly Petabytes or that byte structrue beginning with Y <<<will give head for food-stamps>>>

7th August 2002, 15:06	#13
rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	Yummybyte?

7th August 2002, 15:09	#14
insomniac Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 58,409,042 Posts: 1,614	With all the files being created/copied it probably goes up about 1000+ GB each second.

7th August 2002, 15:11	#15
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,378	yiggybyte? yoogabyte? yellowbyte?

7th August 2002, 15:15	#16
ElChevelle Moderator Alumni Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: the MANCANNON! Posts: 22,431	Back it up with tangible evidence, geeks: http://www.netsizer.com/ http://www.neci.nec.com/~lawrence/websize.html

7th August 2002, 15:49	#17
Ian the Korean Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Niflheim Posts: 1,075	Meh, you can all just byte me then. Bound by chain of dwarven magic, A tale of trickery, long and tragic, Sword in jaw, awaiting the day, Ragnarok, when all gods shall pay \|JessNet\|PabUK\|\|Anime-Forums\| Jesus-half brother. WHERES MY FREE DIGITAL ASSHOLE?!

7th August 2002, 16:31	#18
OutKast Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: London Posts: 368	Yummybyte <-LOL On mIRC there are millions of people with fileservers. The data being sent must be huge. 1.

7th August 2002, 23:18	#20
Aquila Blue Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Digital World Posts: 908	There must just be a whole digital world out there...

7th August 2002, 23:22	#21
Bilbo Baggins Wind Chime of the Apocalypse Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Forest Posts: 17,231	Isn't there a physical limit though to the number of bytes on the internet, because the internet is "stored" on HDD's across the world?

7th August 2002, 23:28	#22
Mizter_E Rest Well Friend Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 393	aquila, who knows maybe digimon do really exist! <lurk mode= on> Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine et lux perpetua luceat eis. Respitae en pacem, Robert. 1985-2002

7th August 2002, 23:57	#23
QHOBBES Banned Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: I H8 Mods Posts: 1,405	yeah i've always wanted to download the internet and all the intranets but none are on kazass lite and DAP has its limits! (dial-up)

8th August 2002, 03:42	#27
whiteflip Post Master General (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Seattle, Now Las Vegas Posts: 6,032	some one take a couple crays hook them together build and AI and load up some networking software and a T3 line and lets see how smart computers are. I'm Back?

8th August 2002, 03:46	#28
Shenlong Forum King Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: About 38°N, 86°W Posts: 2,905	If computers are so smart, how come they need me to turn them on and shut them off? Huh, punk?! ::Punches computer screen:: OW! A very close Japanese friend I knew a while ago once said to me "Watashi no koto wo oboeta, onegai shimasu...Yakusoku?" I forgot his name though...

8th August 2002, 03:58	#29
Neko Banned Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Mice!? Posts: 1,194	i can image a real digital world, i can also imagine aol popups scaring the s~=t out of me every now and then, and lots of dialer programs trying to install inside you every time you go to a slightly ilegal site

8th August 2002, 04:44	#30
Ulysses Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: O Posts: 25	Re: How Big Is the Internet? Oh, I don't know- about this big maybe-->

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