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How are trillion and billion ambiguous?
by sedatk 5y ago
How are trillion and billion ambiguous?
- hackeraccount 5y agoIs a billion a million million, or one followed by twelve noughts (1,000,000,000,000) or is a billion a thousand million? Same thing for a trillion. I think the first is or maybe was a UK'ism. Maybe the rest of the world does that too?
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- acchow 5y ago"billion" in the US means 10^9, but in France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, etc means 10^12. Trillion means 10^12 in the US but means 10^18 in the above places.
- notJim 5y agoIs this true even if you're speaking English in France? I would assume in English, it always means 10^9.