terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt 
: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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By the end of its five-year primary mission, Roman is expected to amass a 20,000-terabyte data archive.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2026
The bizarre tale of six humans trapped in a psychedelic VR torture experiment has inspired terabytes of fan fiction and theories.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026
Add it up over a full race weekend, and F1’s race cars will create roughly eight terabytes of telemetry alone, giving Mercedes, Red Bull, McLaren and every other team massive amounts of data on engine performance, suspension behavior, gearbox efficiency, fuel flow, G-forces, driver inputs and more.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Once the full survey begins this summer, Rubin is expected to produce 7 million alerts and 20 terabytes of data a night.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2026
The bizarre tale of six humans trapped in a psychedelic VR torture experiment has inspired terabytes of fan fiction and theories.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026
Add it up over a full race weekend, and F1’s race cars will create roughly eight terabytes of telemetry alone, giving Mercedes, Red Bull, McLaren and every other team massive amounts of data on engine performance, suspension behavior, gearbox efficiency, fuel flow, G-forces, driver inputs and more.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Once the full survey begins this summer, Rubin is expected to produce 7 million alerts and 20 terabytes of data a night.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026
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terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt
: 1024 gigabytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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