Convert Jaz 2GB (Jaz 2GB) to Quadruple-Word (quad-word) instantly.
About these units
Jaz 2GB (Jaz 2GB)
The Jaz 2GB doubled the capacity of the original Jaz drive, offering significant storage for video, audio, and engineering applications. It appealed to professional users pushing the limits of late-1990s computing—desktop publishing houses, video editors, and 3D modelers. Despite its innovation, the Jaz 2GB was ultimately overtaken by more reliable, cheaper technologies such as CDs, DVDs, and eventually USB flash drives. Jaz drives occupy a unique place in storage history as powerful but short-lived solutions.
Quadruple-Word (quad-word)
A quadruple word (quad-word) is a grouping of four standard words. On a 64-bit system, this equals 256 bits, forming the basis of advanced operations such as wide integer arithmetic, extended SIMD instructions, cryptographic keys, and high-precision floating-point values. Modern CPUs support quad-word operations through SIMD extensions like AVX and AVX-512, allowing parallel processing of large blocks of data in scientific computing, video encoding, machine learning, and physics simulations. Quad-words illustrate how data grouping evolves with hardware capability: as processors grow more powerful, software increasingly relies on larger and more complex data units.