terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt 
: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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In all, prosecutors said about one terabyte of evidence would be available on a rolling basis.
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Mark Morales, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
Each lap can generate up to 500 gigabytes of raw data, and a full test day may produce over 24 terabytes, almost equal to what Netflix streams globally in a single minute.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
Qualcomm said its chips are focusing on inference, or running AI models, instead of training, which is how labs such as OpenAI create new AI capabilities by processing terabytes of data.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
As part of those investigations, his team combed through thousands of terabytes of abhorrent pictures.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
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Mark Morales, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
Each lap can generate up to 500 gigabytes of raw data, and a full test day may produce over 24 terabytes, almost equal to what Netflix streams globally in a single minute.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
Qualcomm said its chips are focusing on inference, or running AI models, instead of training, which is how labs such as OpenAI create new AI capabilities by processing terabytes of data.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
As part of those investigations, his team combed through thousands of terabytes of abhorrent pictures.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
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terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt
: 1024 gigabytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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