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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During the 2024 season, average mobile consumption increased 37% over 2023, hitting about 960 terabytes. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025 Researchers accumulated more than 400 terabytes of DNA sequences and other data, and built analytical tools, creating a powerful platform on which to build the next round of brain mosaicism studies. Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025 In 2018, Ticketmaster suffered an incident where hackers accessed 1.3 terabytes of customer data. Robert Kramer, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 After seizing several devices from the home, police found seven terabytes of video, including multiple instances of the defendants abusing the victims, as well as cell phone photos and videos of the abuse. Liam Quinn, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024 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 11 Feb. 2025.

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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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