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TB

TB

5 3.5
A large computer storage size equal to about one trillion bytes
  • noun
  • /tiː biː/
  • Specialized
translation icon : terabyte
  • The project librarian ships reels, raw metadata, and a 1 TB drive in a protective case to iArchives.
  • 1 TB
  • TB drive
  • TB of storage

We ended up with a superb set of data around a TB of data.

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Examples

  • I wanted to present at least 4TB of storage for UEB to push the backups to.

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  • And it's amazing to think that fairly soon we will have multi TB SSDs in the m.twoformfactor.

  • So we're talking about, you know, less than a TB of, of, of data.

  • We ended up with a superb set of data around a TB of data.

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  • Our SAN provides us with 900 TB of storage at an energy cost of 2 MW.

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  • The life script was reduced to four iterations to save time when running the 1 TB workload.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Additionally, I currently have a single 3TB external hard drive being used for server backup.

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  • What if I want to swap out the SSD for like, a TB SSD?

  • The 27-inch features an Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 1 TB hard drive.

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  • The new server has a storage capacity of 1 TB, which can hold vast amounts of data.

Synonyms

terabyte
vsTB
  • Specialized
8 4.1

A very large amount of computer storage, about 1,000 gigabytes

is the shortened abbreviation form used on labels and technical specs

How Big

petabyte
  • Specialized
2 7.2
TB
  • Specialized
5 3.5
gigabyte
  • Specialized
13 2.7
megabyte
  • Specialized
10 3.0
kilobyte
  • Specialized
4 3.6
byte
  • Specialized
23 3.6

Surface Forms

TB singular
TBs plural

Etymology

TB also stands for terabyte, where the prefix tera- means 'very large' or 'about one trillion' and byte is a unit of digital information, so TB is used to mean a very large amount of computer storage.