terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt 
: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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Either Moving multiple terabytes over a USB interface can be a bit slow, even with an SSD, versus an internal PCI Express connection.
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PC Magazine, 10 July 2025
Just this year, the Aurora Police Department has collected 25 terabytes of data, and the existing server has run out of space, according to McNamara.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
The fact is, AI isn’t just well-versed in terabytes of data.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
For the Panama Papers, reporters with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reviewed a leak of 2.6 terabytes—that’s about 11.5 million files.
—Will Potter
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
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PC Magazine, 10 July 2025
Just this year, the Aurora Police Department has collected 25 terabytes of data, and the existing server has run out of space, according to McNamara.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
The fact is, AI isn’t just well-versed in terabytes of data.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
For the Panama Papers, reporters with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reviewed a leak of 2.6 terabytes—that’s about 11.5 million files.
—Will Potter
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
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terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt
: 1024 gigabytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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