terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt 
: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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Over painstaking months, Magellan turned 16 terabytes of data into a life size digital model — accurate to about a centimeter — that viewers can fly through, walk on and rotate.
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Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
One undercover agent working the case was able to purchase 6.7 terabytes of child pornography, comprising roughly 1.2 million videos and pictures, according to Special Agent in Charge Mark Brutnell.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
In total around 16 terabytes of data were used, roughly equivalent to that required to hold six million e-books.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
According to the binary conversion, one terabyte is equal to 1,024 gigabytes.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
One undercover agent working the case was able to purchase 6.7 terabytes of child pornography, comprising roughly 1.2 million videos and pictures, according to Special Agent in Charge Mark Brutnell.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
In total around 16 terabytes of data were used, roughly equivalent to that required to hold six million e-books.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
According to the binary conversion, one terabyte is equal to 1,024 gigabytes.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt
: 1024 gigabytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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