: 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
also : one trillion bytes

Examples of terabyte in a Sentence

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The iPhone Duo will be available in different memory capacities from 256 GB to 2 terabytes. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 The iPhone Duo is priced starting at $1,999 with 256 gigabytes of storage, and costs up to $3,199 for a model with 2 terabytes. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 Training models with trillions of parameters can require hundreds or thousands of accelerators to exchange terabytes of data. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026 The rest of the loadout is also quite good, with a full terabyte of SSD storage very welcome. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 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 24 Sep. 2026.

Kids Definition

: 1024 gigabytes
also : one trillion bytes
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