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

For many distributors, terabytes of messy legacy data, undocumented workflows and fragmented systems stand between them and a working AI stack. — Maciej Szymczyk, Forbes.com, 8 July 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, 5 July 2026

The National Archives added 463 terabytes of electronic records to its permanent collection in 2024 alone. — Steven Melendez, Scientific American, 2 July 2026

And as their bosses recorded terabytes of footage on them, the workers say they were never told what the cameras were ultimately for. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

tera- + byte

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for terabyte

• acolyte
• aconite
• allanite
• alunite
• amberlite
• ammonite
• amorite
• amphitrite
• analyte
• anchorite
• andesite
• anhydrite

Kids Definition

terabyte

noun

tera·​byte ˈter-ə-ˌbīt 

: 1024 gigabytes

also : one trillion bytes