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Yes, many decades ago. The modern “short scale” billion Is found in UK technical documents and papers beginning in the 1950s, and used in official UK statistics
by Reason077 8y ago
Yes, many decades ago. The modern “short scale” billion Is found in UK technical documents and papers beginning in the 1950s, and used in official UK statistics since 1974.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion