what is 1tb

1TB stands for one terabyte, which is a unit of digital data that is equal to about 1 trillion bytes. In decimal notation (base 10), 1TB is exactly 1 trillion bytes, while in binary notation, 1TB is equal to 240 bytes, or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes. When talking about data storage, 1TB is often used to measure whole-system storage capacity. To put it into perspective, 1TB of storage is roughly the same as 16 (64 GB) iPhones or Samsung Galaxy devices, or about 4 (256 GB) Windows or MacBook laptops. With 1TB of data, you can store an average of 100,000 photos with todays smartphones, and roughly 250,000 documents can fit on a 1TB drive.