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terabyte

noun

  1. unit of digital information equal to 1000 gigabytes
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəˌbaɪt/ / [ˈtʰɛɹəˌbaɪ̯t]

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English tera- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-West Germanic *bītan Old English bītan Middle English biten English bite English byte English terabyte From tera- + byte.

  1. One trillion (10¹², or 1,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 gigabytes.
  2. A tebibyte.