terabyte

[ter-uh-bahyt]

noun

Computers.

1. 2 40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes; 1024 gigabytes.

2. (loosely) 10 12 or one trillion (1,000,000,000,000) bytes; 1000 gigabytes. TB, TByte.

terabyte

/ ˈtɛrəˌbaɪt /

noun

1. computing 10 ¹² or 2 ⁴⁰ bytes

terabyte

1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 gigabytes (2 ⁴⁰ bytes).

2. One trillion bytes.

3. See Note at megabyte

Word History and Origins

Origin of terabyte¹

First recorded in 1980–85; tera- + byte

Example Sentences

At $2,150 a month for a business package with two terabytes of data, Starlink has made on-board internet access both cheaper and more reliable.

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For example, Salt Lake City YouTube creator Aaron de Azevedo, who oversees 20 YouTube channels, said he shared 30 terabytes of video footage in a deal with an AI company for roughly $9,000.

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Over 30 petabytes, or 30,000 terabytes, of anonymised health data is already available to researchers working for universities, charities, governments and the private sector.

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To answer your question, I should find out how many terabytes of footage it was, but it was extremely intimidating to walk into the archives.

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The judge agreed Mr Mangione's lawyers would need months to go through prosecutors' "three terabytes" of evidence, including police footage, data from social media, financial and phone companies and other evidence from state prosecutors.

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