If someone decided to download the whole internet, how much data would it be?

Question

This is just one of those thought questions. If someone decides to download ALL the information on the web/internet (lets limit it to webpages, like google, rapidshare) to his computer (assuming it has unlimited space), how much space would it be? I would like an approximate accurate answer, not " a bunch of terabytes " or something like that.

Answer 1

trillions of terabites.

Answer 2

This question is like asking

"How many angels can dance on a pin head" not quite stupid but irrelevant.  

Answer 3

170 terabytes at least.

And that was in 2005...

Answer 4

The current amount of information on the internet is 6,034 Yottabytes (as of 1/01/08)  and it increases by  about 3.4 Exabytes per day. This takes into account all of the software that is available to download including all the music (streaming as well as standard singles and albums), games, utilities, apps and text that is entered on a daily basis.

kilobit = approximately 1,000 bits

A kilobit is different than a Kilobyte.  A kilobit is approximately 1000 bits while a Kilobyte is approximately 1000 bytes.

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Megabyte (MB) = approximately 1,000 KB or 1,000,000 bytes  

Technically a Megabyte is 2 to the 20th power (1,048,576) bytes.

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megabit = approximately 1,000 kilobits = 1,000,000 bits

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In data communications, a kilobit is a thousand bits (or 1,000 bits) and a megabit is a thousand kilobits (or 1,000,000 bits).  These are normally used for measuring the amount of data that is transferred in a second between two telecommunication points. Kilobits per second is usually shortened to kbps and megabit per second is abbreviated as mbps.

  

Bits in data communications are discrete signal pulses.  For example, 28.8 kilobits per second (kbps) is 28,800 bits per second.

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Gigabyte = approximately 1000 Megabytes = 1,000,000 Kilobytes = Billion bytes (1,000,000,000 bytes)  

Technically a Gigabyte is 2 to the 30th power (1,073,741,824) bytes.

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Terabyte (TB) = approximately 1,000 Gigabytes = 1,000,000 Megabytes = Trillion bytes (1,000,000,000,000 bytes)  

Technically a Terabyte is 2 to the 40th power (1,099,511,627,776) bytes

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Petabyte (PB) = approximately 1,000 Terabytes =  1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes  

Technically a Petabyte is 2 to the 50th power (1,125,899,906,842,624) bytes

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Exabyte (EB) = approximately 1,000 Petabytes = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes  

Technically an Exabyte is 2 to the 60th power (1,152,921,504,606,846,976) bytes

Zettabyte  = 1000 Exabytes

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Yottabyte  = 1000 Zettabytes

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Answer 5

It has been estimated that the internet is about one terabyte, but the internet has grown since then so probably many many many terabytes.