terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt 
: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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Another has backed up nearly 710 terabytes of Smithsonian data—690 of which represent historical environmental information.
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Kyla Mandel, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
Rumpke is settling a class-action lawsuit after several employees allege a cyberattack stole terabytes of their information from company servers.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Jan. 2026
The main unit alone captured 630 hours of footage occupying a petabyte (1,000 terabytes) of data.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
Majestic Labs is designing an AI system for inference with 128 terabytes of memory, or about 100 times more memory than some current AI systems, Rabii said, adding that the company plans to eschew HBM memory for lower-cost options.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
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Kyla Mandel, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
Rumpke is settling a class-action lawsuit after several employees allege a cyberattack stole terabytes of their information from company servers.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Jan. 2026
The main unit alone captured 630 hours of footage occupying a petabyte (1,000 terabytes) of data.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
Majestic Labs is designing an AI system for inference with 128 terabytes of memory, or about 100 times more memory than some current AI systems, Rabii said, adding that the company plans to eschew HBM memory for lower-cost options.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
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terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt
: 1024 gigabytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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