"David K. Trudgett" schrieb:

> > Only in the USA. Out here in the globe, it is a million millions or 10^12. That's why most of the billionaires in the world live in the USA. :))
>
> A billion is 10^9 and that's final! ;-) That's one of the few things the
> Americans got right! <ducking and running>
>
> If 1 million is 10^6 and 1 billion is 10^12, then 1 trillion is 10^24 and
> 1 quadrillion is 10^48. Sorry, it doesn't make any sense!
>
> Go metric, young man! (err, you know what I mean):
>
> 10^6 million
> 10^9 billion
> 10^12 trillion
> 10^15 quadrillion
> 10^18 quintillion
> 10^21 sextillion
> 10^24 septillion
> 10^27 octillion

Thanks for shattering the german language into pieces.
I'll go right ahead and rewrite all dictionaries :-)

German:
10^6 Million
10^9 Milliarde
10^12 Billion
10^15 Billiarde
10^18 Trillion
etc.

See the difference?

it changes every 10^6 not every 10^3 ...

:)
Luc.