noun

terabyte

terabyte

This hard drive has one terabyte of storage.

This hard drive has one terabyte of storage.

A terabyte is a huge amount of data.

A terabyte is a huge amount of data.

((a/one/etc.)) terabyte of (sth.) a unit of digital storage I bought a one terabyte external drive.

Synonyms: 1024 gigabytes

From the prefix 'tera-' meaning a trillion (from Greek 'teras' for 'monster'), combined with 'byte'.

Think of the 'tera' part as sounding like 'terror' or 'terrible' – a terribly large amount of data.

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