> > It looks like we're getting confused between the UK billion and the > > American billion. (Apologies to all other countries who use one or the > > other.) > > > > American (including Unix) = 10^9 > > British = 10^12 > > What the heck do the British call 10^9? And further more, is 10^15 a > trillion (in the British system)? a 10^6 = million 10^9 = milliard 10^12 = billion 10^15 = billiard 10^18 = trillion 10^21 = trilliard
This is true as far as I can tell of just about every european language. Only in north america did they change the meaning of the words. Lennart Sorensen
