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What is billion?A made up number Keanu Reeves decided to bet for Final Jeopardy. "I bet eleventy billion dollars." billion - meme gifbillion - videoBillion - what is it?A derisive term for computer geeks who proffer 3 fundamental beliefs: "His anti-Open Source tirade was spoken like a true Billion." What does "billion" mean?To make something a billion times better. Chet: I was unsatisfied with my Lambo, so I billionized it with gold plating. Billion - what does it mean?How many people Lex Luthor is going to kill. Lois Lane: But millions of people will die! Billion - meaningI believe in the UK a "billion" means a million millions (e.g. 10^12 rather than 10^9) Pretty self-explanatory. Billion - definitionA thousand millions Billion - slangA pair of millions, that is, two (2) million. Subsequent prefixes mean 3 million (trillion), 4 million (quadrillion), etc. He became a billionaire after earning his second million. BillionIn English speaking countries means 10^9, in all other languages and countries except Brazilian Portuguese means 10^12. This is because English speaking nations use the short scale, where new notation is used when multiplied by 1000, rather than the long scale where its when multiplied by a million. In English speaking countries, a billion times a thousand is a trillion. In non English speaking countries, a billion times a thousand is a billiard, which times a thousand THEN becomes a trillion. BillionMost everywhere: One thousand millions; I've seen that movie a billion times. BillionAmerica and most other non-british-colonized countries (let's not debate about that): 1,000,000,000 "In America it is easier to make a billion dollars then in Australia" |
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