- To: netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: US billion (Was: Suggested new units for udunits.dat)
- From: B.Bretthauer@xxxxxx (Bernward Bretthauer)
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 08:32:37 +0200
X-sub: B.Bretthauer@xxxxxx >> billion P 1.0e9 >> trillion P 1.0e12 >Don't the British use `billion' to mean 1.0e12 (i.e. isn't the British >`billion' the USA's `trillion')? The US billion is the german "Milliarde", while the US trillion is the german "Billionen". This is alway a problem if reading translations from US articles: You never now if the translator changed billions to Milliarde. Don't know about the british meanings. Bernward Bretthauer