From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!peri!sbcs!debray
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: Re: billion
Article-I.D.: sbcs.211
Posted: Fri Feb 25 20:25:20 1983
Received: Sun Feb 27 01:46:32 1983
References: houti.215

an American billion = a thousand million (1 E 9),
a "non-American" (English) billion = a million million (1 E 12)
		(as far as I can remember).