terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt 
: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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At the time, the only configuration available had a terabyte of storage and cost $1,099.
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Luke Larsen, Wired News, 17 July 2025
In spite of SSDs capturing market share due to speed and efficiency, their higher cost per terabyte continues to make HDDs indispensable for large-scale storage.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The Hubble Legacy Archive has amassed more than 160 terabytes of data, freely available to the global scientific community.
—Discover Magazine, 20 May 2025
Either Moving multiple terabytes over a USB interface can be a bit slow, even with an SSD, versus an internal PCI Express connection.
—PC Magazine, 10 July 2025
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Luke Larsen, Wired News, 17 July 2025
In spite of SSDs capturing market share due to speed and efficiency, their higher cost per terabyte continues to make HDDs indispensable for large-scale storage.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The Hubble Legacy Archive has amassed more than 160 terabytes of data, freely available to the global scientific community.
—Discover Magazine, 20 May 2025
Either Moving multiple terabytes over a USB interface can be a bit slow, even with an SSD, versus an internal PCI Express connection.
—PC Magazine, 10 July 2025
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“Terabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terabyte. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt
: 1024 gigabytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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