A terabyte represents _________ bytes.

The correct answer is 1 trillion.

Key Points

• A Terabyte (TB) is a measure of computer storage capacity that is approximately 2 to the 40th power, or 10 to the 12th power, which equals approximately a trillion bytes.
• A Terabyte is more precisely defined as 1,024 gigabytes (GB), while a petabyte consists of 1,024 TB.

Additional Information

• A tbyte, terabyte, or TB, is equal to 1,099,511,627,776 (2⁴⁰) bytes.
• However, the IEC defines a TB as equal to 1,000,000,000,000 (10¹²) bytes.
• 1024 TB = 1 petabyte.
• 1 TB = 1024 gigabytes.
• The terabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
• The prefix term was defined for the International System of Units in 1960.