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its called a period
They are called "thousands".
Yes.
In place value, a period is each group of three digits separated by commas in a multidigit number.
To make numbers easier to read (so you quickly know how many digits there are), it is customary to separate each group of three digits by some separator. The separator can be a period, a comma, a space, an apostrophe... the rules vary from country to country.