terabyte
[ ter-uh-bahyt ]
/ ˈtɛr əˌbaɪt /
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noun Computers.
240 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes; 1024 gigabytes.
(loosely) 1012 or one trillion (1,000,000,000,000) bytes; 1000 gigabytes. Symbol: TB, TByte.
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After Will and I had scanned close to 50 people, it was time to start wrangling those terabytes of data.
British Dictionary definitions for terabyte
terabyte
/ (ˈtɛrəˌbaɪt) /
noun
computing 10 12 or 2 40 bytes
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Scientific definitions for terabyte
terabyte
[ tĕr′ə-bīt′ ]
A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 gigabytes (240 bytes).
One trillion bytes. See Note at megabyte.
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