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| - 1,000,000,000 (one billion, short scale; one thousand million, long scale) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. In scientific notation, it is written as 109. In modern (short scale) English usage, it is usually called a billion (although in long scale usage in many other languages, a billion means 1,000,000,000,000 – a million millions). In South Asian English, it is known as 100 crore. The SI prefix giga indicates 1,000,000,000 times the base unit. See Orders of magnitude (numbers) for larger numbers; and long and short scales.
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| - 1,000,000,000 (one billion, short scale; one thousand million, long scale) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. In scientific notation, it is written as 109. In modern (short scale) English usage, it is usually called a billion (although in long scale usage in many other languages, a billion means 1,000,000,000,000 – a million millions). In South Asian English, it is known as 100 crore. The term milliard can also be used to refer to 1,000,000,000; this terminology is rarely used in English outside of archaic British English and is rare even there. However this name often appears in other languages. The SI prefix giga indicates 1,000,000,000 times the base unit. See Orders of magnitude (numbers) for larger numbers; and long and short scales.
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