Definition of terabyte
: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes;
also
: one trillion bytes
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Google rebranded its online storage subscription program to Google One Monday and lowered prices, but Amazon still has the best deal for 1 terabyte of storage.
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The battering clocked in at 1.35 terabytes per second of data aimed at its systems.
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That requires a serious upgrade in computing power: four of those cameras can generate three terabytes of data a month.
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One of the leaders in bundling services with cloud storage has been Microsoft, whose cheapest Office 365 subscription (Office 365 Personal, at $6.99/mo) pushes the Office 365 app suite, with a terabyte of OneDrive storage tacked on for good measure.
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The new observatories are pushing the envelope of computational power, requiring facilities capable of processing hundreds of terabytes per day.
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Over a four-year period, Mabna Institute is alleged to have gained access to computers at more than 300 universities—roughly half of them in the United States—while gathering up a total of 31.5 terabytes of research data.
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But the chore of reconciling those databases—terabytes of information, often in incompatible formats—can clog the gears.
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Back at headquarters, specialists pore over terabytes of data collected by inspectors and transmitted to the Austrian capital over secure communications channels.
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First Known Use of terabyte
1984
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