The data size of a novel as plain text is about 333 times the data size of a text page. Selected basis: an example for Text page; an example for Novel as plain text; approximate values.
BYTES OF DATA
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Bar length represents bytes. The physical sizes of devices are schematic; encoding and compression affect file sizes.
3 kB - Data; example.
A digital file containing one page of plain text characters without formatting or embedded fonts.
A defined 3,000-byte UTF-8 text page using single-byte characters; formatting and embedded fonts excluded.
Defined examples — our methodology1 MB - Data; example.
The plain digital text of a book stored as an unformatted file, without images or layout.
A chosen 1 MB unformatted text file. Books vary in length and encoding.
Defined examples — our methodology
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DigitalText page3 kBA digital file containing one page of plain text characters without formatting or embedded fonts.
DigitalNovel as plain text1 MBThe plain digital text of a book stored as an unformatted file, without images or layout.
DigitalCompressed photo3 MBA compressed photo is a digital image file that has been processed to reduce the amount of data needed to store or transmit it.Digital128 GB phone128 GBPhone storage is the digital memory in a mobile phone used to keep apps, photos, videos and other files.
Digital1 TB drive1 TBA one-terabyte drive is a digital storage device capable of holding large amounts of computer data, such as documents, media and software.Side by side
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