How many zeroes in a billion?
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
1 zero. 1 billion == 1 gigabyte == 1,073,741,824 bytes ;) At least, that's how I count nowadays. :laugh:
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It depends. The British billion is a million millions, so there are 12 zeroes. The American billion is a thousand millions, so there are 9 zeroes. These days, the American billion is more commonly used than the British billion.
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Actually British use - officially - the short system like 50 years now... The long system mostly remained in continental Europe... And I asked you :-)
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
An infinite number, if you count leading zeros.
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Actually British use - officially - the short system like 50 years now... The long system mostly remained in continental Europe... And I asked you :-)
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
Yes, the British Government has used 1 billion == 1,000,000,000 since 1974. It's been at least that long since I last read (or believed) any statistics released by the British Government. :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
How many would you like? Short count == 1,000,000,000 == 9 Long count == 1,000,000,000,000 == 12 Very long count == 1,0000,0000,0000,0000 == 16
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
2 (possibly 3 if you count the leading one): 0x3B9ACA00
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
None, Sir, that's an 'o'.
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
Long count is more logical. Add six zeroes for every step in size Million - 1 000 000 Billion - 1 000 000 000 000 Trillion - 1 000 000 000 000 000 000
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Long count is more logical. Add six zeroes for every step in size Million - 1 000 000 Billion - 1 000 000 000 000 Trillion - 1 000 000 000 000 000 000
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Add six zeroes for every step in size
Argument against: other scales change prefix every three zeros (kilo, mega, giga, etc.) Another argument for: "bi" - twice as many, hence 12, "tri" three times as many, hence 18 You can choose one side but it's hard to argue that's more "logical".
Mircea
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Add six zeroes for every step in size
Argument against: other scales change prefix every three zeros (kilo, mega, giga, etc.) Another argument for: "bi" - twice as many, hence 12, "tri" three times as many, hence 18 You can choose one side but it's hard to argue that's more "logical".
Mircea
Well, yes I can. You don't have to agree, but that's another story. :-)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
In Spain and Germany (and AFAIK another countries in the EU) one billion are 12 zeros
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Long count is more logical. Add six zeroes for every step in size Million - 1 000 000 Billion - 1 000 000 000 000 Trillion - 1 000 000 000 000 000 000
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
I had actually thought that the metric was squaring them... Million = A thousand times thousand Billion = A million times a million Trillion = A billion times a billion ;P :laugh:
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
Why Make Trillions When We Can Make Billions? - YouTube[^] marker 3:45 :laugh:
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Add six zeroes for every step in size
Argument against: other scales change prefix every three zeros (kilo, mega, giga, etc.) Another argument for: "bi" - twice as many, hence 12, "tri" three times as many, hence 18 You can choose one side but it's hard to argue that's more "logical".
Mircea
Mircea Neacsu wrote:
Another argument for: "bi" - twice as many, hence 12, "tri" three times as many, hence 18
Quad = 4 times as many... Quadrillion = 10^24 Having 12 zeros for a billion is more consistent with the posterior numbers than having 9 zeros.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I had actually thought that the metric was squaring them... Million = A thousand times thousand Billion = A million times a million Trillion = A billion times a billion ;P :laugh:
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
No. Not squaring. Raising to the power. Billion=Bi million=million^2=10^12 zeros total Trillion=Tri million=million^3=10^18 zeros total Quadrillion=Quad million=million^4=10^24 zeros total ...(and so on) You can think of it more easily using geometry. Assuming that your geometric shapes have all sides identical, and one side corresponds to one million (which is your base unit and has six zeros), a: triangle=tri angle=three times the side=10^18 zeros total quadrangle=quad angle=four times the side=10^24 zeros total ...(and so on) I don't mention a "biangle" because that does not exist :P
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Add six zeroes for every step in size
Argument against: other scales change prefix every three zeros (kilo, mega, giga, etc.) Another argument for: "bi" - twice as many, hence 12, "tri" three times as many, hence 18 You can choose one side but it's hard to argue that's more "logical".
Mircea
No, not adding six. Either add three (short count) or double (long count).
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I would say 9. What say you?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Yes, the British Government has used 1 billion == 1,000,000,000 since 1974. It's been at least that long since I last read (or believed) any statistics released by the British Government. :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Our government has also reported figures in terms of "billions", and then been unable to clarify which definition they were using. :doh: :laugh:
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