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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Cabinets of hard drives holding thousands of terabytes of digital storage, worth millions of dollars, occupy only about 15% of the building. Pj Green september 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025 Under the hood, the A17 Pro processor is wickedly powerful, and a massive terabyte of storage outclasses every phone in this price bracket. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025 The group stole six terabytes of data and demanded a $22 million ransom for its release. Raymond Umerley, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 First off, that $750 gets you a whopping 1 terabyte of storage and a higher-resolution display (2560 x 1600), matching the MacBook Air in sharpness. Luke Larsen, Wired News, 11 Aug. 2025 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 18 Sep. 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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