"terabit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: terabits [plural]
Etymology: From tera- + bit. Etymology templates: {{af|en|tera-|bit}} tera- + bit Head templates: {{en-noun}} terabit (plural terabits)
  1. (computing) One trillion (10¹², or 1,000,000,000,000) bits or 1,000 gigabits. Coordinate_terms (Previous): gigabit Translations (one trillion bits): terabit [masculine] (Czech), terabito (Esperanto), terabitti (Finnish), terabit (Indonesian), terabita (Indonesian), テラビット (terabitto) (Japanese), 테라비트 (terabiteu) (Korean), тераби́т (terabít) [masculine] (Russian), เทระบิต (Thai)
    Sense id: en-terabit-en-noun-o9YykdSZ Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Previous': 67 33 Disambiguation of 'one trillion bits': 93 7
  2. (computing, informal) a tebibit. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-terabit-en-noun-8EvszYan Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with tera-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tera-: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 26 74 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Tbit Related terms: tebibyte, terabyte Coordinate_terms (Next): petabit
Disambiguation of 'Next': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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