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Definition of "terabyte" [terabyte]

  • A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 gigabytes (240 bytes). (noun)
  • One trillion bytes. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "terabyte" in a sentence
  • "It also doesn’t make a distinction between buying bandwidth for pages delivered from the server and buying bandwidth to deliver content hosted on the CDN — a terabyte is a terabyte says Dutt."
  • "For 500 gigabytes it’s $299, and one terabyte is $499."
  • "To make prices more transparent, each user gets bandwidth of one terabyte, which is more than most need, he added."
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