Billion

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Billion may mean:

[edit] Numbers

• 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million; 10⁹), used by most English-speaking countries (American and usual modern British meaning)
• 1,000,000,000,000 (one million million; 10¹²), used by most other countries outside Asia (older British meaning)

For the history of these two discrepant meanings, see long and short scales

[edit] Commerce

• Billion (company) a modem manufacturer

[edit] References

• AskOxford: How many is a billion?.

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