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From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)
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Subject: Re: Datasheet-flation?
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 11:30:34 +0000
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Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:


> > Also be aware that the term "Billion" means a million million
> > (Bi-million) in English but only a thousand million in American and
> > French..
> 
> .. where it is a "milliard"

The Milliard is English for a thousand million, which Americans call a
"Billion".

Logically the English runs:
10^3   Thousand
10^6   Million
10^9   Milliard
10^12  Billion (bi-million)
10^15  Billiard  (yes, really ! )
10^18  Trillion (tri-million)
10^18  Trilliard  ....etc.


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