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David Woodhouse wrote:
> 
> G == 1,000,000,000        (one milliard)

billion

> T == 1,000,000,000,000    (one en_GB billion)

trillion

The old british terms haven't been in widespread use in the UK for a
over a decade (at least).

See official UK government usage of the terms, for example.

David Vrabel
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