how many is a billion?

I started school in 66 at age of four and finished in 78 educated in both scotland an england ,finished apprenticeship in 82 and it was always ours and yanks way.
 
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born '76 and still tought that a billion was a million million... mind you i think our history books only went as far as 1066 as well... :LOL:
 
Okay, Okay ... I obviously went to a reform school ... Can we move on to something easy please like Deal or No Deal odds, Immigration, Oil, Speeding Drivers ....

:LOL:
 
Heard it was a good one as it was Approved.. Old ones are the best. :LOL:
 
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When I was at school, it was always the case that a UK Billion was a million million, and a US Billion was a thousand million.

However, I think the old UK Billion has died out now (or at least, changed its name to a Trillion) and the thousand million is nearly universal.

Certainly, when the government announces x-number-of-billions in public spending, they mean thousands of millions, as it sounds better....
 
a billion is lots, something youll never have to count to, and never have in the bank, or owe anyone, so dont worry! :LOL:
 
a billion is lots, something youll never have to count to, and never have in the bank, or owe anyone, so dont worry! :LOL:

What is a gigabyte then?

3.78 Litres in one Liquid US gallon.
 
1 Kilobyte = 1024 bytes
1 Megabyte = 1024 Kilobytes
1 Gigabyte = 1024 Megabytes
1 Terrabyte = 1024 Gigabytes
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1 Kilobyte = 1024 bytes
1 Megabyte = 1024 Kilobytes
1 Gigabyte = 1024 Megabytes
1 Terrabyte = 1024 Gigabytes
.
.

Well.... You may well be right, but I'm sure there is a difference of opinion depending on who you ask. I've often seen a megabyte referred to as 1000 KB
Even good ole wiki don't seem too sure.
 
It does depend on context as to whether it's calculated on Base 2 or Base 10 (binary or decimal)

Computing definition (which is where it is most widely used I'd say) is Base 2 and that is the definition I gave you.
 
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