On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:38:29 -0500
Timothy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That's a good point. I think the British like to use terms like
> "thousand million". Do we all use "million" to mean 10^6?
Yes.
> When I way 1.6 billion pixels per second, I mean 1.6*10^9.
It's a strange thing that only the US-english has.
All other languages i know use milliard for 10^9 and
billion for 10^12.
Dunno where it comes from.
Attila Kinali
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