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From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: Datasheet-flation?
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:22:56 +0000
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Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote:

> On 2024-11-24, Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:
> > Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >> the English and American "billion" was 
> >> harmonised many years ago at one thousand million so there's no confusion.
> >
> > Can you give a reference for that?  I haven't found one.
> 
> https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04440/SN04440.pdf

Thank you, that clarifies the situation.  The English Billion still
exists but in 1957 British Ministers were told to use the American
meaning as it was considered "International" by the then Prime Minister.

Obviously it cannot be completely international if there are still
countries using it to mean Bi-million nowadays.

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