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How big is a billion? - Numberphile

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What it is

Numberphile explains the long and short scales for naming large numbers, covering millions, billions, trillions, milliards and the Greek myriad, with James Grime and Tony Padilla.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it whenever a thread hits the ambiguity of whether a billion is 10^9 or 10^12.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “explains it all quite nicely.”

    Explains short versus long scale billion definitions

    Toucan, 2014-02 · Recommendation · in “Has goto fail been fixed yet?”

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Topics: billion, number names, long scale, short scale, numberphile

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