Billion
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Billion may refer to:
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In other usage:
In numbers:
- Long and short scalesLong and short scalesThe long and short scales are two of several different large-number naming systems used throughout the world for integer powers of ten. Many countries, including most in continental Europe, use the long scale whereas most English-speaking countries use the short scale...
- 1,000,000,000 (number)1000000000 (number)1,000,000,000 is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.In scientific notation, it is written as 109....
, one thousand million, 109, in the short scale - 1,000,000,000,000 (number), one million million, 1012, in the long scale
- 1,000,000,000 (number)
In other usage:
- Billon (alloy)Billon (alloy)Billon is an alloy of a precious metal with a majority base metal content . It is used chiefly for making coins, medals, and token coins.The word comes from the French bille....
, alloy of precious metal - Billion (company)Billion (company)Billion Electric Co. Ltd. , based in Taiwan, was founded in 1973. Billion is a provider of network equipment and power supply products in the Asia Pacific rim...
, a modem manufacturer - Golden billionGolden billionThe golden billion ) is a term, popular in the Russian-speaking world, referring to the relatively wealthy people in industrially developed nations, or the West.- Explanation :...
, a Russian term for the wealthy people of the developed world - Jack BillionJack BillionJohn "Jack" Billion was the 2006 Democratic Party candidate for governor of South Dakota.-Early years:...
(born 1939), the 2006 Democratic Party candidate for governor of South Dakota - Mr. BillionMr. Billion-Plot:Guido Falcone , an easygoing Italian mechanic, is heir to a billion-dollar inheritance after his uncle dies in a freak accident. In order to claim his inheritance, he must reach San Francisco within twenty days to sign a document...
, 1977 film by Jonathan Kaplan - Billion laughsBillion laughsIn computer security, a billion laughs attack is a type of denial-of-service attack which is aimed at parsers of XML documents.It's also referred to as an XML bomb or as an exponential entity expansion attack....
, XML parser vulnerability