Terabyte: is a unit of digital storage commonly used to measure hard drives, cloud storage, and large datasets. It is larger than a gigabyte (GB) but smaller than a petabyte (PB).
Interesting facts:
Interesting facts:
Interesting facts:
- First Consumer 1 TB Hard Drive was released in 2007 by Hitachi. Today SSDs and HDDs are available in sizes up to 100 TB
- The entire Library of Congress is estimated to be around 10 TB of text.
- A single terabyte can hold about 500 hours of HD video, roughly 200 thousands high-resolution photos or 17 thousands of MP3 music
Interesting facts:
- A 500 GB hard drive might appear smaller (around 465 GB) on a computer because the OS uses the binary system (1 GB = 1,024 MB) while the manufacturer uses the decimal system (1 GB = 1,000 MB).
- Streaming Netflix in 1080p uses about 3 GB per hour. Streaming in 4K HDR uses 7 GB per hour—meaning a 100 GB data cap could be used up in just roughly 14 hours of streaming.
- The first iPhone (2007) had a 4–8 GB storage option. Today, smartphones can have 512 GB or even over 1 TB of storage.
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