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What does British English have to do with it Do you mean that a British billion is 1000000000000 And that the American English billion is 1000000000?
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Traditionaly a British Billion was 10 to the 12th : a million million or 1,000,000,000,000 A US Billion is 10 to the 9th : a thousand million or 1,000,000,000 Now generally accepted as 10 to the 9th. Traditionaly a British Billion was 10 to the 12th : a million million or 1,000,000,000,000 A US Billion is 10 to the 9th : a thousand million or 1,000,000,000 Now generally accepted as 10 to the 9th.
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