Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site haring.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!mcvax!turing!haring!jim From: jim@haring.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Billion and billions Message-ID: <361@haring.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 00:43:36 EST Article-I.D.: haring.361 Posted: Wed Nov 28 00:43:36 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 07:40:21 EST References: <177@philabs.UUCP> <7110@watrose.UUCP> Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 4 Apparently-To: rnews@turing.LOCAL Beware, a billion is not the same everywhere, in Britain and The Netherlands at least, it is 'one million millions', not 'one thousand millions'. Jim McKie Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Amsterdam mcvax!jim