terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt 
: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
also
: one trillion bytes
Examples of terabyte in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Once the full survey begins this summer, Rubin is expected to produce 7 million alerts and 20 terabytes of data a night.
—
Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026
Beyond cellphone pings placing Rinderknecht in the general area where the fire began, Haney and his experts argue that authorities have few specifics from the terabytes of evidence.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
By the end of its five-year primary mission, Roman is expected to amass a 20,000-terabyte data archive.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, had eight terabytes of data on an iCloud storage account, and prosecutors have only been able to download one terabyte thus far.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for terabyte
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026
Beyond cellphone pings placing Rinderknecht in the general area where the fire began, Haney and his experts argue that authorities have few specifics from the terabytes of evidence.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
By the end of its five-year primary mission, Roman is expected to amass a 20,000-terabyte data archive.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, had eight terabytes of data on an iCloud storage account, and prosecutors have only been able to download one terabyte thus far.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for terabyte
Cite this Entry
“Terabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terabyte. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
Copy CitationKids Definition
terabyte
noun
tera·byte
ˈter-ə-ˌbīt
: 1024 gigabytes
also
: one trillion bytes
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
