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| | 1000000000 (number) Encyclopedia Article @ ClearestDiamonds.com (Clearest Diamonds) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | One thousand million (1,000,000,000) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. |
 | | (Though in many other languages, a billion means a million millions (or 1,000,000,000,000), instead of the English thousand million.) A milliard can also be used to refer to 1,000,000,000, though this terminology is rarely used in the English language, but often in other languages. |
 | | Physical quantities can be expressed using the SI prefix giga. |
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