terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt 
: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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Using underwater scanning technology, the deep-sea investigation company Magellan spent three weeks collecting 16 terabytes of data, including 715,000 photos and 4K video footage.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
The result was a whopping 16 terabytes of data, along with over 715,000 still images and 4K video footage.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
The Seagate Expansion desktop hard drive stores a ridiculous 28 terabytes of data inside its relatively small footprint, with decent speed for a drive of this type and simple setup on both Windows and iOS machines.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Over painstaking months, Magellan turned 16 terabytes of data into a life size digital model — accurate to about a centimeter — that viewers can fly through, walk on and rotate.
—Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
The result was a whopping 16 terabytes of data, along with over 715,000 still images and 4K video footage.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
The Seagate Expansion desktop hard drive stores a ridiculous 28 terabytes of data inside its relatively small footprint, with decent speed for a drive of this type and simple setup on both Windows and iOS machines.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Over painstaking months, Magellan turned 16 terabytes of data into a life size digital model — accurate to about a centimeter — that viewers can fly through, walk on and rotate.
—Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Terabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terabyte. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt
: 1024 gigabytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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