Information about billion

Billion may mean:

Numbers

Either of two numbers (see long and short scales for more detail):

1,000,000,000 (one thousand million; $\text{[math]}$ ; SI prefix giga) - increasingly common meaning in English-language usage
1,000,000,000,000 (one million million; $\text{[math]}$ ; SI prefix tera) - increasingly rare meaning in English-language usage; standard meaning in many other languages

Commerce

Billion (company), a modem manufacturer

The long and short scales are two different numerical systems used throughout the world:

Short scale is the English translation of the French term échelle courte.

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1,000,000,000 (alternately known as one thousand million and one billion, see below) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.

In scientific notation, it is written as 10⁹.
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Giga- (symbol: G) is a prefix in the SI system of units denoting 10⁹, or 1,000,000,000 (1 billion). The Oxford English Dictionary reports the earliest written use of giga- in this sense to be in the Reports of the IUPAC 14th Conference in 1947: "The
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Tera- (symbol: T) is a prefix in the SI system of units denoting 10¹², or 1,000,000,000,000 (1 million million).

Confirmed in 1960, it comes from the Greek τέρας, meaning monster.
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Billion Electric Co. Ltd

Founded 1973
Headquarters Taiwan

Industry Computer
Products Modems
Website www.billion.com
Billion Electric Pty Ltd is a Taiwanese network hardware manufacturer and distributer.
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