In message <4449da89.1669296_at_news.hetnet.nl>, Jaap W. van Dijk
<j.w.vandijk.removethis_at_hetnet.nl> writes
>On 20 Apr 2006 14:23:46 -0700, aehven_at_gmail.com wrote:
><snip>
>>- this table can grow to one billion rows.
><snip>
>
>I'm Dutch, and I've learned in school that there are two meanings of
>billion going round. To be sure, I looked it up at www.dictionary.com
>
>billion:
>1. 10 to the power 9
>2. (chiefly British)10 to the power 12
>3. An indefinitely large number
>
>Assuming we can rule out the third meaning in your case: what, in the
>context of the global community, is meant by the unqualified use of
>the term billion?
>
>Jaap.
>
I think even we Brits have largely gone over to the first definition.
--
Jim Smith
I'm afraid you've mistaken me for someone who gives a damn.
Received on Sat Apr 22 2006 - 04:00:42 CDT
