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minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIn Canada we see US billion sometimes. It gets confusing.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoFor which use case? Is the billion = a million million standard, or is the thousand million standard? Also how did we end up with two standards of such a basic numerical name?
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoEnglish->English French->American Due to US market size, theirs is becoming more standard.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoOk, see I knew French and Latin used the 1000 of the previous magnitude word is the next magnitude word, I wasn’t sure if that was standard or not. Seems that it is the Brits who changed things.
In Canada we see US billion sometimes. It gets confusing.
For which use case? Is the billion = a million million standard, or is the thousand million standard?
Also how did we end up with two standards of such a basic numerical name?
English->English
French->American
Due to US market size, theirs is becoming more standard.
Ok, see I knew French and Latin used the 1000 of the previous magnitude word is the next magnitude word, I wasn’t sure if that was standard or not. Seems that it is the Brits who changed things.