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TiB

TiB

7 7.7
A unit for measuring computer data equal to about 1.1 trillion bytes
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • When we upgraded our network, we increased our storage to 5 TiB to accommodate more users.

Examples

  • And the next book, Betsy and Tacy become friends with Tib... ...whose real name, I am sorry to tell you, is Thelma.

  • - Tibs?

  • That's because in the season opener against Trumbull in September, Sutherland, an all-SCC defensive back last year, suffered a tib-fib fracture in his right leg.

    Blog text (17)
  • My favorite is the yedora tibs ($12.99), which is ordered à la carte (as can all the items from the combos, too).

    Blog text (3)
  • The tail was long and robust, and the preserved limb bones—humerus (hum.) and tibia (tib.)—were short in comparison.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The new server can store up to 1 TiB of data, making it suitable for large databases.

  • My external hard drive has a capacity of 2 TiB, which is enough for all my files.

Synonyms

tebibyte
vsTiB
  • Specialized
9.9

A large unit for measuring computer storage equal to about 1,100 gigabytes

is the identical measurement expressed with a different written form

How Much

TiB
  • Specialized
7 7.7
GiB
  • Specialized
1 6.1
MiB
  • Specialized
1 7.3
KiB
  • Specialized
7.6

Surface Forms

TiB singular
TiBs plural

Etymology

TiB is short for tebibyte, a name made from tera and binary to show sizes counted in groups of '1,024' rather than 1,000. So, a TiB is a large computer storage unit equal to 1,024 gibibytes, and the name explains why it measures data in binary groups.