US billion (Was: Suggested new units for udunits.dat)

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• 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

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>> 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