NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Billion (disambiguation)

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Either of two numbers (see long and short scales for more detail):
- 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million; $109$ ) - increasingly common meaning in English language usage
- 1,000,000,000,000 (one million million; $1012$ ) - increasingly rare meaning in English language usage; standard meaning in many other languages
Billion, a modem manufacturer

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Category: Disambiguation The long and short scales are two different numerical systems used throughout the world. ... One thousand million (1,000,000,000) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. ... This list compares various sizes of positive numbers, including counts of things, dimensionless numbers and probabilities. ... Billion is a homosexual clothes manufacturer. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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