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I think it's the same in UK English as well. But in some (most?) European languages billion actually means 1 000 000 million (so a thousand times more). And we
by atleta 5y ago
I think it's the same in UK English as well. But in some (most?) European languages billion actually means 1 000 000 million (so a thousand times more). And we use "milliard" for 1000 million.
- xeromal 5y agoIt looks like you're right. Just looked it up. A billion is 1million^2 in its etymology so English speakers are the odd one out.
- res0nat0r 5y agoHe hasn't reached the goal yet, and is currently doing 100 million in ~34 seconds. > Looking forward to discussions and/or collaborations with curious souls in my quest to generate a billion record SQLite DB quickly. If this sounds interesting to you, reach out to me on Twitter or submit a PR.
- diehunde 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scale for anyone that's interested in the differences