<lester@...> wrote in message news:3BFE0426.5D577D58@......

>
> Mine has the same, but I note under "Billion" that it was
> taken from the french and refers to "Bi" "Millon" i.e. two
> millions - hence Million,Million. Tillion is similarly
> defined as three millions!

Then let's use IT terminology:
kilo
mega
giga
tera
peta
exa

:-)

C.
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