"terabyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛɹəˌbaɪt/, [ˈtʰɛɹəˌbaɪ̯t] Audio: En-us-terabyte.ogg Forms: terabytes [plural]
Etymology: From tera- + byte. Etymology templates: {{af|en|tera-|byte}} tera- + byte Head templates: {{en-noun}} terabyte (plural terabytes)
  1. One trillion (10¹², or 1,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 gigabytes. Coordinate_terms (Previous): gigabyte Translations (1,000,000,000,000 bytes): تِيرَابَايْت (tirabayt) [masculine] (Arabic), 太字節 [formal] (Chinese Mandarin), 太字节 (tàizìjié) (Chinese Mandarin), TB (note: pronounced like English) [abbreviation, common] (Chinese Mandarin), terabajt [masculine] (Czech), terabyte [masculine] (Czech), terabajto (Esperanto), terabitoko (Esperanto), teratavu (Finnish), téraoctet [masculine] (French), ტერაბაიტი (ṭerabaiṭi) (Georgian), Terabyte [neuter] (German), τεραμπάιτ (terampáit) [neuter] (Greek), τεραδυφιοσυλλαβή (teradyfiosyllaví) [neuter] (Greek), terabyte (Hungarian), テラバイト (terabaito) (Japanese), 테라바이트 (terabaiteu) (Korean), терабајт (terabajt) [masculine] (Macedonian), terabait (Malay), dlaałtsohʼííłké (Navajo), terabajt [masculine] (Polish), terabyte [masculine] (Portuguese), тераба́йт (terabájt) [masculine] (Russian), เทระไบต์ (Thai), тераба́йт (terabájt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), تېرابايت (tërabayt) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-terabyte-en-noun-6ly5-Xf2 Disambiguation of 'Previous': 60 40 Disambiguation of '1,000,000,000,000 bytes': 78 22
  2. (computing, informal) a tebibyte. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing Coordinate_terms (Next): petabyte
    Sense id: en-terabyte-en-noun-pGv7UMmU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with tera- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tera-: 33 67 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Next': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: TB Related terms: tebibit, tebibyte, terabit

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