TERABYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does terabyte mean? 

• TERABYTE (noun)
  The noun TERABYTE has 2 senses:

1. a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes

2. a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes

  Familiarity information: TERABYTE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERABYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

TB; terabyte

Hypernyms ("terabyte" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "terabyte"):

G; GB; gigabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes)

Holonyms ("terabyte" is a part of...):

PB; petabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

TB; tebibyte; terabyte; TiB

Hypernyms ("terabyte" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "terabyte"):

G; GB; GiB; gibibyte; gigabyte (a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes)

Holonyms ("terabyte" is a part of...):

PB; pebibyte; petabyte; PiB (a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes)