terabit
Noun: A unit of digital information or computer storage equal to one trillion (10^12) bits, or 1000 gigabits. It is used to measure extremely large data capacities, particularly in high-performance computing, data center infrastructure, and telecommunications bandwidth.
The term "terabit" is used as a standard measurement for data transfer rates and theoretical storage capacities in digital systems. It is often abbreviated as Tb or Tbit to distinguish it from the byte-based unit "terabyte" (TB).
- The new undersea cable has a total capacity of several hundred terabits per second.
- The research project requires a network capable of handling terabit-scale data flows.
- A terabit of information is equivalent to 125 gigabytes.
- Terabit Ethernet: Refers to Ethernet standards and technologies that support data rates of 1 terabit per second (Tbps) or higher, representing the future of ultra-high-speed networking.
- Terabit-per-second (Tbps): A unit of data transfer rate, indicating one trillion bits are transmitted each second.
- Terabyte (TB): A related but distinct unit of digital information storage equal to 10^12 bytes or 8 terabits. Note the critical difference between (terabit) and (terabyte).
- Gigabit (Gb): A unit equal to one billion bits, or 1/1000 of a terabit.
- Petabit (Pb): A larger unit equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits.
- Tb (standard abbreviation)
- Tbit (alternative abbreviation)
The "tera-" prefix denotes a factor of one trillion (10^12) in the International System of Units (SI). In computing contexts, it is sometimes used in a binary sense (2^40) for units like the tebibyte (TiB), but "terabit" almost universally follows the decimal definition of 10^12 bits.
- a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits
