Re: Using standardized SI prefixes
Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 09:25:13PM +0000, Evgeni Golov
> <sargentd@die-welt.net> wrote:
>> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:42:08 -0300 Paulo Marcondes wrote:
>>
>> > billion = 10^6 * 10^6 (IIRC, as used in Portugal - no jokes here!)
>>
>> =10^12 :)
>>
>> and Germany, France, former UdSSR, <insert your country here>
>
> Anywhere where milliard is 10^9, basically...
Which includes England, according to Merriam-Webster [1]. The Spanish Royal
Academy also defines[2] it as 10^12, which would mean every Spanish
speaking country uses that definition too.
[1] http://www.m-w.com/mw/table/number.htm
[2] http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=bill%F3n
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Felipe Sateler
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