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The root mil in million does not refer to the numeral, 1. The word, million, derives from the Old French, milion, from the earlier Old Italian, milione, an intensification of the Latin word, mille, a thousand. That is, a million is a big thousand, much as a great gross is a dozen gross or 12 × 144 = 1728. [7]
Explanation system unit unit-code symbol or abbrev. notes sample default conversion combination output units the system(s) to which the unit belongs
1 1 10 6: Million Million Million M Mega-2 1 10 9: Billion Thousand million Milliard G Giga-3 2 10 12: Trillion Billion Billion T Tera-4 2 10 15: Quadrillion Thousand billion Billiard P Peta-5 3 10 18: Quintillion Trillion Trillion E Exa-6 3 10 21: Sextillion Thousand trillion Trilliard Z Zetta-7 4 10 24: Septillion Quadrillion Quadrillion Y ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. See also: Orders of magnitude (numbers) and Long and short scales Natural number 1000000000 List of numbers Integers ← 10 0 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 10 8 10 9 Cardinal One billion (short scale) One thousand million, or one milliard (long scale) Ordinal One billionth (short ...
The word 'billion' is now used internationally to mean 1,000 million and it would be confusing if British Ministers were to use it in any other sense. I accept that it could still be interpreted in this country as 1 million million and I shall ask my colleagues to ensure that, if they do use it, there should be no ambiguity as to its meaning." [5]
NPR Paisa: 100 Indian rupee ₹ INR Paisa: 100 Netherlands [F] Euro € EUR Cent: 100 New Caledonia: CFP franc ₣ XPF Centime: 100 New Zealand: New Zealand dollar $ NZD Cent: 100 Nicaragua: Nicaraguan córdoba: C$ NIO Centavo: 100 Niger: West African CFA franc: F.CFA XOF Centime: 100 Nigeria: Nigerian naira ₦ NGN Kobo: 100 Niue: New Zealand ...
VisiCalc ("visible calculator") [1] is the first spreadsheet computer program for personal computers, [2] originally released for the Apple II by VisiCorp on October 17, 1979. [1] [3] It is considered the killer application for the Apple II, [4] turning the microcomputer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a serious business tool, and then prompting IBM to introduce the IBM PC two years ...
One millionth is equal to 0.000 001, or 1 x 10 −6 in scientific notation. It is the reciprocal of a million, and can be also written as 1 ⁄ 1,000,000. [1] Units using this fraction can be indicated using the prefix "micro-" from Greek, meaning "small". [2] Numbers of this quantity are expressed in terms of μ (the Greek letter mu). [3]