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Re: Billion and other internationalization items (was Appendixes ---vs. Annexes)
Subject:Re: Billion and other internationalization items (was Appendixes ---vs. Annexes) From:"Mark L. Levinson" <nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 18 May 2002 16:41:35 +0200
Jane writes:
> It seems more logical to me that a billion is a 1000
> million because it then goes up in reasonable increments:
> 10, 10, 1000, 1000 - instead of 10, 10, 1000, 1000000:
> it depends what number-pattern you're looking at.
But those using the larger billion commonly fill the
gap with the "milliard," which is equivalent to the
smaller billion.
Mark L. Levinson
Herzlia, Israel
nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il
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