terabyte

noun

A unit of digital information equal to a trillion bytes, or one thousand gigabytes.

Example sentences

“This external hard drive holds two terabytes of data.”
“A terabyte is enough space for hundreds of hours of video.”

Abbreviated TB, with a capital B. Consumer hard drives and cloud plans made the word mainstream.

Related words

bandwidthHow quickly data can travel through a digital connection, usually counted in bits per second.gigabyteA unit of computer data equal to one billion bytes, or 1,000 megabytes.latencyThe delay between starting something and the moment it actually happens.ethernetA wired system for connecting computers into a network, built on a widely used technical standard.bufferingThe act of using a buffer, such as temporarily storing data before it is played or processed.broadbandA fast internet connection that is always on and can carry large amounts of data, such as video, at the same time.