terabyte

[ ter-uh-bahyt ]

nounComputers.
  1. 240 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes; 1024 gigabytes.

  2. (loosely) 1012 or one trillion (1,000,000,000,000) bytes; 1000 gigabytes. Symbol: TB, TByte.

Origin of terabyte

1
First recorded in 1980–85; tera- + byte

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British Dictionary definitions for terabyte

terabyte

/ (ˈtɛrəˌbaɪt) /


noun
  1. computing 10 12 or 2 40 bytes

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Scientific definitions for terabyte

terabyte

[ tĕrə-bīt′ ]


  1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 gigabytes (240 bytes).

  2. One trillion bytes. See Note at megabyte.

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