Re: Datasheet-flation?

john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:33:48 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
 

On 2024-11-29 15:22, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote:
 

On 2024-11-24, Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:

Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
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[...]

the English and American "billion" was
harmonised many years ago at one thousand million so there's no confusion.

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Can you give a reference for that?  I haven't found one.

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https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04440/SN04440.pdf

 
Thank you, that clarifies the situation.  The English Billion still
exists but in 1957 British Ministers were told to use the American
meaning as it was considered "International" by the then Prime Minister.
 
Obviously it cannot be completely international if there are still
countries using it to mean Bi-million nowadays.

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And languages. Spanish, in Spain at least, a billion is a million
million. So one has to be careful when translating.

 
What is a thousand million in Spanish? Does it have a name? You could
call it a heap or a muddle or a toomany. Heap is best because H is
available... M and T are already used. J and L are a excellent letters
too... Jillion or Lump.

Europe has miliard, that was already mentioned.  I would use it
when meaning 1.0e9, no chance for confusion.  For 1.0e12 I
would use "thousend of miliards", as that IMO is less confusing
for Americans than "billion".
 
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