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, 17 June 2026
Prosecutors revealed on May 12 that their discovery potentially contained more than 40 terabytes worth of evidence.
—Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 17 June 2026
Sifting through all those images poses additional challenges: Key’s five nights of observations, for instance, produced a terabyte of data.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 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
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026
Prosecutors revealed on May 12 that their discovery potentially contained more than 40 terabytes worth of evidence.
—Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 17 June 2026
Sifting through all those images poses additional challenges: Key’s five nights of observations, for instance, produced a terabyte of data.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 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
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“Terabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terabyte. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt
: 1024 gigabytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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