different between terabyte vs terabit

English

Etymology

tera- +? byte

Noun

terabyte (plural terabytes)

1. One trillion (10¹², or 1,000,000,000,000) bytes. SI symbol: TB.
2. (computing, colloquial) Imprecisely, a tebibyte or 1024⁴ (1,099,511,627,776) bytes. SI symbol: TiB, computing symbol: TB.

Translations

See also

• previous: gigabyte
• next: petabyte

References

• The IEC explanation of its definitions

Anagrams

• Attebery

Czech

Alternative forms

• terabajt

Etymology

From English terabyte, as if tera- +? byte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?rabajt]

Noun

terabyte m

1. terabyte

Further reading

• byte in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English terabyte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??a?bajt(?)(i)/

Noun

terabyte m (plural terabytes)

1. (computing) terabyte (one trillion bytes)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: TB, tera

Coordinate terms

• Multiples of the byte: kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte

Related terms

• terabit
• tebibyte

English

Etymology

tera- +? bit

Noun

terabit (plural terabits)

1. (computing) One trillion (10¹² = 1,000,000,000,000) bits, as opposed to a tebibit. Symbol: Tb.
2. (computing, colloquial) 2⁴⁰ bits, a tebibit (Tib). Symbol: Tb

Translations

See also

• Next: petabit
• Previous: gigabit

Further reading

• terabit at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• battier, biretta, bit rate, bitrate

Czech

Etymology

tera- +? bit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?rab?t]

Noun

terabit m

1. terabit

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English terabit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??a?bit??(i)/, /?t??a?bit(i)/

Noun

terabit m (plural terabits)

1. (computing) terabit (one trillion bits)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: Tbit, Tb

Coordinate terms

• Multiples of the bit: kilobit, megabit, gigabit, terabit, petabit, exabit, zettabit, yottabit

Related terms

• terabyte
• tebibit

Spanish

Noun

terabit m (plural terabits)

1. terabit