- ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
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- terabyte (n.)
- by 1982, from tera- + byte.
- tera-
- prefix used in forming large units of measure (e.g. terabyte), 1947, from Gk. teras (gen. teratos) "marvel, monster."
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- byte (n.)
- 1956, American English; see bit (n.2). Reputedly coined by Dr. Werner Buchholz at IBM.
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