terabyte

/ˈterəbaɪt/ noun [C]

Definition

› IT a unit used for measuring the amount of information that a computer can store, consisting of 1,000 gigabytes: A 90-minute movie generates more than 2 terabytes of data.

→ Compare gigabyte, megabyte

(Definition of terabyte noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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