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A '''billion''' is exactly [[One|one]] [[Thousand|thousand]] [[Million|million]], 1,000,000,000, or <math>1.0*10^9</math>.
A '''billion''' is exactly [[One|one]] [[Thousand|thousand]] [[Million|million]], 1,000,000,000, or <math>1.0*10^9</math>.
In [[Europe]] it is thought to be a million million (10<sup>12</sup>).