terabyte

noun

tera·​byte ˈter-ə-ˌbīt How to pronounce terabyte (audio)
: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
also : one trillion bytes

Examples of terabyte in a Sentence

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The scans make up the largest dataset (as much as 300 terabytes per scroll) ever produced by the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, a particle accelerator in Grenoble, France. Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 30 June 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, 29 June 2026 Running the show on the inside is a powerful Intel Core Ultra 7 processor paired with 16GB of RAM and a full terabyte of internal storage. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026 The one terabyte MacBook Pro is $1,999, up from $1,699. ABC News, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for terabyte

Word History

Etymology

tera- + byte

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of terabyte was in 1984

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“Terabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terabyte. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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terabyte

noun
tera·​byte ˈter-ə-ˌbīt How to pronounce terabyte (audio)
: 1024 gigabytes
also : one trillion bytes
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