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Date: 1900-2000
Language: Greek
Origin: teras 'large creature, monster' + English byte

terabyte

 noun
     
Related topics: Computers
ter‧a‧byte [countable] written abbreviation TB or Tb
TD a unit for measuring computer information, equal to 1,024 gigabytes, and used less exactly to mean one trillion bytes
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