Definition of terabyte
: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes;
also
: one trillion bytes
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Each of these discs can reportedly store up to 360 terabytes of data for up to 14 billion years.
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Microsoft’s secure Azure cloud will handle terabytes of proprietary information for companies testing at ACM, and work on cybersecurity for autonomous vehicles.
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The Landsat archive currently grows by a terabyte a day.
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Prosecutors say the defendants stole more than 31 terabytes of data for financial gain.
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The emails claimed that the hackers had stolen 1.5 terabytes of raw data from HBO, or nearly seven times as much data as that stolen from Sony in 2014.
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The system, called SpaceBelt, will feature orbiting data centers capable of storing thousands of terabytes of information.
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On Sunday night, several reporters—including multiple Vanity Fair staff members—received an e-mail in which an anonymous sender claimed to have obtained 1.5 terabytes of data from HBO.
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The storage setup renders information in three dimensions within a glass disc capable of holding 360 terabytes of information and lasting for 13.8 billion years.
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1984
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