Anglo-American communications studies

[Gil Hamilton]

Ray Dillinger writes:

>And in the US, "billiards" is a game played with cues and balls on a 
>felt-covered slate table.  In the UK, it's also a very large number.  
>Thankfully, so large that that definition rarely comes into conversation.  
>As I understand cross-pond conversions, it goes like this....
>
>USA          UK           Scientific
>Thousand     Thousand      1E3
>Million      Million       1E6
>Billion      Milliard      1E9
>Trillion     Billion       1E12
>Quadrillion  Billiard      1E15
>Quintillion  Trillion      1E18
>Sextillion   Trilliard     1E21
>Septillion   Quadrillion   1E24
>Octillion    Quadrilliard  1E27

See this table from Merriam-Webster:
    http://www.m-w.com/mw/table/number.htm


- GH

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