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Would someone please enlighten those of us who clearly do not understand the number system that the rest of the world uses, what the difference is between 5,000,000,000 and 5 Billion? Or is the US the only country that recognises "billion" as a (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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From the Oxford English Dictionary: billion [pronunciation deleted since it does not map to ascii] [a. F. billion, purposely formed in 16th c. to denote the second power of a million (by substituting bi- prefix2 for the initial letters), trillion (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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In article <0a8801be2862$0ef0a2...onet.com>, Tom Rowton <trowton@broadcast.com> writes (...) Traditionally in England a billion is 1,000,000,000,000, and what an American calls a billion is known as a thousand million. However, because of the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Silly British people and their ilk ( <-- unveiled jab!) think that a billion is not a thousand million, but rather a million million. In my humble opinion, it makes much more sense to say: 10 ^3 = thosand 10 ^6 = million 10 ^9 = billion 10^12 (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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U.S. elsewhere million 10 to the 6th 10 to the 6th billion 10 to the 9th 10 to the 12th trillion 10 to the 12th 10 to the 18th quadrillion 10 to the 15th 10 to the 24th quintillion 10 to the 18th 10 to the 30th I apologize to all (and David (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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In article <slrn77djsq.g1h.matt...a.bu.edu>, Matthew Miller <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> writes (...) Sorry chum, but you have only grasped half of the English way of saying the numbers. You missed out the essential "and". We would say, "one (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Fw: Space Shuttle Costs ** OFF TOPIC **
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(...) One Billion is a Million Million. One Trillion is a Million Million Million. It seems that on your way across the Atlantic you threw the thousands overboard with all the "u"s... [That's a joke, don't flame me!] (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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