Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
But that was solved a long time ago in science.
Only in money... Maybe that now.

Science is SI.

And Billion is 10^9.

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Ed Huntress wrote:

"Lew Hartswick" wrote in message
...

cavelamb himself wrote:

Could you explain to me how 1000 million got to be a Billion?

Only in the US though...

I thought 1000 Million was a Billion everywhere.
Just as 1000 Billion is a Trillion ( at least in the US)
Every 10^3 we have a new name, don't we?
I suppose we should realy use the Killo, Mega, Giga, Tera,
(help me from here on) for things like dollars ($) now. :-)
I'll admit I'm a lot more familiar with the ones going
the other way.
milli, micro, nano, atto, femto.
...lew...


Cavelamb's question stems from this: In the American system, a billion
is 10^9 (1 followed by 9 zeros). In the British system, it's 10^12.

He's apparently suggesting that the British system also is used in all
other countries. I don't know one way or the other.

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Ed Huntress


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I have a riend who is a banker in Europe and I have asked him to clarify
the situation. As soon as I receive his answer I'll post it.

Jim Chandler