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About these units
Terabyte (TB)
A terabyte equals 1,099,511,627,776 bytes (2⁴⁰) in binary or 1 trillion bytes in decimal. Terabytes are associated with large-scale data storage: cloud drives, archival systems, scientific datasets, game installations, and high-definition video libraries. Modern personal computers often include terabyte-level drives, and enterprise systems may contain thousands of terabytes. The TB marks the boundary where storage becomes "big data," enabling machine learning training sets, genomic databases, and detailed satellite imagery archives. At this scale, efficient data management, compression, and redundancy become critical challenges.
Floppy Disk (5.25", HD) (floppy (5.25" HD))
The 5.25-inch HD floppy stored 1.2 MB and represented the final evolution of the large-format floppy. HD versions were common in late-1980s IBM business systems and were used to distribute larger software packages and operating systems. However, the rise of the more compact and durable 3.5" floppy soon overshadowed the HD 5.25" format. Their rapid decline highlights how the industry moved toward miniaturization and higher reliability in portable storage.