On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Buddha Buck wrote: > At 07:19 PM 09-12-2001 +0200, Neal H Walfield wrote: > > > 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)? > > I'm not British, but I believe the system is: > > American British > 1000 Thousand Thousand > 10^6 Million Million > 10^9 Billion Thousand Million (or a Milliard) > 10^12 Trillion Billion > 10^15 Quadrillion Thousand Billion
What, the British don't have Billiards? PS: Sorry for sending to *EVERYONE*, it just seemed the trendy thing to do.
