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There are two "types" of Billion. Long and short.

A billion in the UK, used to be a million million. However, the Americans, for some unknown reason, decided to call a billion a 1,000 million. Probably so they could be billionaires a lot quicker.

So:

  • Long: 1,000,000,000,000
  • Short: 1,000,000,000

The long is now hardly used and the short is now the accepted usage.

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