Definition:Billion/Long Scale

Definition
Billion is a name for $10^{12}$ in the long scale system:


 * One billion $= 10^{6 \times 2}$

Also defined as
In the short scale system:


 * One billion $= 10^{3 \times 2 + 3} = 10^9$

Also see

 * Definition:Billion/Short Scale