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  • OrnatePotato@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Tangential, but I’ve always wondered why in English 10^9 is one billion. 10^6 is one million. Twice as many zeroes should be one billion. Three times as many, one trillion, etc.

    • Logi@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Only in English is this weird naming system used and originally only in American English. You can put it in the pile over there with the miles and pounds and other oddities.

      Other languages have milliard between million and billion, billiard after billion etc.