terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt 
: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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Jonathan Chung said prosecutors still have nearly two terabytes of discovery to provide to the defense.
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
By the end of its five-year primary mission, Roman is expected to amass a 20,000-terabyte data archive.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, had eight terabytes of data on an iCloud storage account, and prosecutors have only been able to download one terabyte thus far.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
In the court, as discovery was being discussed, Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman said the prosecution possesses roughly 40 terabytes of evidence, which the defense has requested access to.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
By the end of its five-year primary mission, Roman is expected to amass a 20,000-terabyte data archive.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, had eight terabytes of data on an iCloud storage account, and prosecutors have only been able to download one terabyte thus far.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
In the court, as discovery was being discussed, Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman said the prosecution possesses roughly 40 terabytes of evidence, which the defense has requested access to.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Terabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terabyte. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt
: 1024 gigabytes
also
: one trillion bytes
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