What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Tebibyte vs Terabyte - What's the difference?

tebibyte | terabyte |

As nouns the difference between tebibyte and terabyte

is that tebibyte is strictly, 240 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes, as opposed to a terabyte while terabyte is one trillion (1,000,000,000,000) bytes. SI symbol: TB.

tebibyte

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncommon, SI) Strictly, 240 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes, as opposed to a terabyte.

    • References

    * The IEC explanation of its definitions

    terabyte

    English

    Noun

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

    • See also

    * Previous: gigabyte * next: petabyte

    References

    * The IEC explanation of its definitions ----