diff --git a/src/dataType/utTermSize.erl b/src/dataType/utTermSize.erl
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+-module(utTermSize).
+
+-export([
+    byteSize/1
+    , byteSize/2
+]).
+
+-define(HEAP_BINARY_LIMIT, 64).
+
+byteSize(Term) ->
+    byteSize(Term, erlang:system_info(wordsize)).
+
+byteSize(Term, WordSize) ->
+    byteSizeTermLocal(Term, WordSize) + byteSizeTerms(Term).
+
+byteSizeTerms(Term) when is_list(Term) ->
+    byteSizeTermsInList(Term, 0);
+byteSizeTerms(Term) when is_tuple(Term) ->
+    if
+        Term == {} ->
+            0;
+        true ->
+            byteSizeTermsInTuple(1, erlang:tuple_size(Term), Term, 0)
+    end;
+byteSizeTerms(Term) when is_map(Term) ->
+    maps:fold(
+        fun(K, V, Bytes) ->
+            byteSizeTerms(K) + byteSizeTerms(V) + Bytes
+        end, 0, Term);
+byteSizeTerms(Term) ->
+    byteSizeTerm(Term).
+
+byteSizeTermsInList([], SumSize) ->
+    SumSize;
+byteSizeTermsInList([Term | L], SumSize) ->
+    TermSize = byteSizeTerms(Term),
+    byteSizeTermsInList(L, TermSize + SumSize);
+byteSizeTermsInList(Term, SumSize) ->
+    % element of improper list
+    byteSizeTerms(Term) + SumSize.
+
+byteSizeTermsInTuple(Size, Size, Term, SumSize) ->
+    byteSizeTerms(erlang:element(Size, Term)) + SumSize;
+byteSizeTermsInTuple(I, Size, Term, SumSize) ->
+    TermSize = byteSizeTerms(erlang:element(I, Term)),
+    byteSizeTermsInTuple(I + 1, Size, Term,  TermSize + SumSize).
+
+byteSizeTerm(Term) ->
+    byteSizeTermGlobal(Term).
+
+byteSizeTermLocal(Term, WordSize) ->
+    % stack/register size + heap size
+    (1 + erts_debug:flat_size(Term)) * WordSize.
+
+byteSizeTermGlobal(Term) when is_binary(Term) ->
+    % global data storage within allocators
+    BinarySize = erlang:byte_size(Term),
+    if
+        BinarySize > ?HEAP_BINARY_LIMIT ->
+            % refc binary
+            BinarySize;
+        true ->
+            % heap binary
+            0
+    end;
+byteSizeTermGlobal(_) ->
+    0.
+
+-define(TEST, 64).
+-ifdef(TEST).
+-include_lib("eunit/include/eunit.hrl").
+
+internal_test() ->
+    RefcBinary = <<1:((?HEAP_BINARY_LIMIT + 1) * 8)>>,
+    HeapBinary = <<1:(?HEAP_BINARY_LIMIT * 8)>>,
+    true = (7 == (1 + erts_debug:flat_size(RefcBinary))),
+    % doesn't work in console shell
+    % (process heap size of binary is excluded
+    %  when executed in the console shell)
+    true = (11 == (1 + erts_debug:flat_size(HeapBinary))),
+    true = (4 == (1 + erts_debug:flat_size(<<1:8>>))),
+
+    24 = byteSize(<<>>, 8),
+    32 = byteSize(<<"abc">>, 8),
+    32 = byteSize(<<$a, $b, $c>>, 8),
+    8 = byteSize([], 8),
+    24 = byteSize([0|[]], 8),
+    24 = byteSize([1|2], 8), % improper list
+    16 = byteSize({}, 8),
+    24 = byteSize({0}, 8),
+    8 = byteSize(0, 8),
+    8 = byteSize(erlang:self(), 8),
+    8 = byteSize(atom, 8),
+    88 = byteSize(#{1=>1, 2=>2, 3=>3}, 8),
+    136 = byteSize(#{1=>RefcBinary, 2=>2, 3=>3}, 8) - erlang:byte_size(RefcBinary),
+    ok.
+
+-endif.
+