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A "billion" is 10^9 in the short scale and 10^12 in the long scale. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Comparison https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by waits 9y ago
A "billion" is 10^9 in the short scale and 10^12 in the long scale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Comparison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Comparis...
- spiznnx 9y agoIt looks like the Long scale is falling into disuse in English speaking contexts from that article. I don't ever think I've ever seen the word "billion" in English refer to 1e+12 .