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Why do I get a downvote me on this? I'm european, and for me a billion = a million of millions, not a thousand of millions.
by drKarl 16y ago
Why do I get a downvote me on this? I'm european, and for me a billion = a million of millions, not a thousand of millions.
- retube 16y agoUK billion is also 1,000 million. what do europeans call a 1,000 million?
- drKarl 16y agoWell, I'm from Spain, and here 1,000,000 is "un millon", 1.000.000.000 is "un millardo" and 1,000,000,000,000 is "un billon". I thought that a in US a billion were 1,000 million but in UK it were 1,000,000 million.
- drKarl 16y agoYou can check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000000000_(number) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000000000_(number) "In modern (short scale) English usage, it is usually called a billion (although in many other languages and long scale usage, a billion means 1,000,000,000,000 - a million millions)." "The term milliard can also be used to refer to 1,000,000,000; this terminology is rarely used in English, but often in other languages." Here is explained http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales