terabyte
TE-ruh-byt/ˈtɛɹəˌbaɪt/
Pluralterabytes
- 1A unit of digital storage equal to one trillion bytes, or 1,000 gigabytes.
Like one big box that holds a thousand smaller boxes already full of files.
My new laptop can hold one terabyte of photos and videos.
We filled almost three terabytes with backup files last month.
- 2An amount of computer storage equal to 1,024 gigabytes.
Like calling 1,024 the same as 1,000: close enough in everyday talk, but not exactly equal.
This backup drive has one terabyte of free space left.
The game files take up almost two terabytes on her computer.
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Origin
From tera- plus byte.