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Billion (other)
Billion is a name for a large number. It may refer specifically to: * 1,000,000,000 (, one thousand million), the short scale definition * 1,000,000,000,000 (, one million million), the long scale definition Billion may also refer to: Film and TV * ''Billions'' (TV series), a Showtime series * ''Billions'' (film), a 1920 silent comedy * '' Mr. Billion'', a 1977 film by Jonathan Kaplan Music * "Billion", a song by Cardiacs from '' Sing to God'', 1996 * "Billions" (song), a song by Caroline Polachek from ''Desire, I Want to Turn Into You'', 2023 * "Billions", a song by Russell Dickerson from '' Yours'', 2017 Other * Billion (company), a Taiwanese modem manufacturer * Jack Billion (1939–2023), American politician See also * Long and short scales * Names of large numbers * Billion laughs, an XML parser vulnerability * Golden billion The Golden Billion () is a conspiracy theory that a cabal of global elites are pulling strings to amass wealth for the world's richest billi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billion
Billion is a word for a large number, and it has two distinct definitions: * 1,000,000,000, i.e. one thousand million, or (ten to the ninth power), as defined on the short scale. This is now the most common sense of the word in all varieties of English; it has long been established in American English and has since become common in Britain and other English-speaking countries as well. * 1,000,000,000,000, i.e. one million million, or (ten to the twelfth power), as defined on the long scale. This number is the historical sense of the word and remains the established sense of the word in other European languages. Though displaced by the short scale definition relatively early in US English, it remained the most common sense of the word in Britain until the 1950s and still remains in occasional use there. American English adopted the short scale definition from the French (it enjoyed usage in France at the time, alongside the long-scale definition). The United Kingdom used the lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1,000,000,000
1,000,000,000 (one billion, short scale; one thousand million or one milliard, one yard, long scale) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. With a number, "billion" can be abbreviated as b, bil or bn. In standard form, it is written as 1 × 109. The metric prefix giga indicates 1,000,000,000 times the base unit. Its symbol is G. One billion years may be called an '' eon'' in astronomy or geology. Previously in British English (but not in American English), the word "billion" referred exclusively to a million millions (1,000,000,000,000). However, this is not common anymore, and the word has been used to mean one thousand million (1,000,000,000) for several decades. The term ''milliard'' could also be used to refer to 1,000,000,000; whereas "milliard" is rarely used in English, variations on this name often appear in other languages. In the Indian numbering system, it is known as 100 crore or 1 . 1,000,000,000 is also the cube of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1,000,000,000,000
This list contains selected positive numbers in increasing order, including counts of things, dimensionless quantities and probabilities. Each number is given a name in the short scale, which is used in English-speaking countries, as well as a name in the long scale, which is used in some of the countries that do not have English as their national language. Smaller than (one googolth) * ''Physics:'' The probability of a human spontaneously teleporting due to quantum effects is approximately 10−4.5×1029. * ''Mathematics – random selections:'' Approximately is a rough first estimate of the probability that a typing "monkey", or an English-illiterate typing robot, when placed in front of a typewriter, will type out William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'' as its first set of inputs, on the precondition it typed the needed number of characters. However, demanding correct punctuation, capitalization, and spacing, the probability falls to around 10−360,783. * ''Compu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billions (TV Series)
''Billions'' is an American drama (film and television), drama television series created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin. The series premiered on January 17, 2016, on Showtime (TV network), Showtime, and its seventh and final season premiered on August 13, 2023. Set primarily in New York City, New York and Connecticut, the series depicts hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis) as he accumulates wealth and power in the world of high finance. Axelrod's aggressive tactics frequently garner the attention of United States Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti). Rhoades is based on Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan from 2009 to 2017, and the series was inspired by real-life federal prosecutions of financial crime. Bharara's 2013 prosecution of hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen of S.A.C. Capital Advisors loosely influenced the first season, while Salomon Brothers' 1991 manipulation of United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billions (film)
''Billions'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy film produced by and starring Alla Nazimova and distributed by Metro Pictures. Ray Smallwood directed. It is based on a French play, ''L'Homme riche'', by Jean Jose Frappa and Henry Dupuy-Mazuel.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20'' published by The American Film Institute, c.1988 Plot Cast *Alla Nazimova - Princess Triloff * Charles Bryant - Krakerfeller / Owen Carey *William J. Irving - Frank Manners *Victor Potel - Pushkin * John Steppling - Isaac Colben * Marian Skinner - Mrs. Colben *Emmett King Emmett Carleton King (May 31, 1865 – April 21, 1953) was an American actor of the stage and screen. Biography King began his acting career on stage. His first Broadway appearance was in 1899, in the farce, ''The Father of His Country'', which ... - John Blanchard *Eugene H. Klum - The Bellboy References External links *allmovie/synopsis; ''Billions'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sing To God
''Sing to God'' is the fourth studio album by English rock band Cardiacs. Their first album with drummer Bob Leith and their second as a four-piece, it was recorded throughout 1995, breaking a hiatus by the band that had lasted since the band's previous album '' Heaven Born and Ever Bright'' (1992). During writing and recording, Jon Poole took a greater role than before, contributing to many songs written by band leader Tim Smith, and writing some of his own. The band decided to create a double album to encompass the great wealth of material written after their previous album. As with the band's previous albums, it presents a unique sound, and is seen as more eclectic than the band's previous albums, with one reviewer describing the record as "essentially akingeverything Cardiacs had always been and ampingit up to maximum," and another saying the album was where "Smith's ability to express the music inside his head really began to transcend any sort of identifiable genre an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billions (song)
"Billions" is a song by American singer-songwriter and record producer Caroline Polachek. It was released on February 9, 2022 as the second single from Polachek's fourth album, '' Desire, I Want to Turn Into You'' (2023). Background and composition Polachek played the song live on her Heart is Unbreaking US tour in late 2021, and on several fall 2021 festival dates before the single was officially released. A September 2021 ''New Yorker'' profile on Polachek explained the song's backstory as follows: ��One day, Danny L Harle sent her a beat that he'd written, and Polachek heard a melody out of nowhere, oceanic and potent, and started jotting down psychedelic images: a headless angel, an overflowing cup, a pearl inside an oyster. The beat and the images became the song "Billions". olachek said she"wanted something that captured the afterglow of a reopening." As the B-side of the single, Polachek released a reworked version of "Long Road Home", her collaboration with Oneohtri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yours (Russell Dickerson Album)
''Yours'' is the debut studio album by American country pop singer and songwriter Russell Dickerson. It was released on October 13, 2017, through Triple Tigers Records. Produced by Casey Brown, the record follows Dickerson's 2016 EP of the same name. Its lead single, the title track, has been certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. Content ''Yours'' includes five tracks previously released on the similarly titled extended play. An alternate "wedding version" of the title track is included as the final track on both releases. "Blue Tacoma" has received some unsolicited airplay on country radio. The song titled "MGNO" is an initialism for "my girl's night out." Dickerson co-wrote every song on the album. Commercial performance ''Yours'' debuted at No. 5 on the Top Country Albums chart and No. 39 on the Billboard 200, selling 7,600 copies (12,000 units including streams and track sales) in the first week. The album has sold 15,600 copies in the United States as of February 2018. Singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billion (company)
Billion Electric Co. Ltd. ( Taiex: #3027), based in Taiwan, is an electronics company founded in 1973. Their range of ADSL modem/ routers were introduced into Australia in 2002. Since then, features have been added including 4 port switches, wireless, VoIP, and VPN Virtual private network (VPN) is a network architecture for virtually extending a private network (i.e. any computer network which is not the public Internet) across one or multiple other networks which are either untrusted (as they are not c ... termination. See also * List of companies of Taiwan * List of networking hardware vendors References "Billion gives IPv6 to X-Series customers in New Year" ''Impress Media Australia''. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010. External links * Computer companies of Taiwan Computer hardware companies Electronics companies established in 1973 Electronics companies of Taiwan Networking hardware companies Manufacturing companies based in New Taipei 1973 est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Billion
John "Jack" Joseph Billion (March 4, 1939 – February 25, 2023) was an American politician and physician who was the 2006 Democratic Party candidate for Governor of South Dakota and served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 13th district from 1993 to 1997. Early years John Joseph Billion was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on March 4, 1939. He was the third of nine children of Henry and Evelyn Billion. Education Billion attended elementary and high school in Sioux Falls. He graduated from Cathedral High School in 1957. He received his BA degree from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa and was admitted to the Loyola University Chicago in August 1960. He was awarded his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1964 and began his internship and residency training at St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, Illinois. Career After completing his orthopedic residency in 1969, Billion served two years in the United States Air Force as a Major. He returned to Sioux Falls in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long And Short Scales
The long and short scales are two power of 10, powers of ten number naming systems that are consistent with each other for smaller order of magnitude, numbers, but are contradictory for larger numbers. Other numbering systems, particularly in East Asia and South Asia, have large number naming that differs from both the long and short scales. Such numbering systems include the Indian numbering system and Chinese numerals, Chinese, Japanese numerals#Powers of 10, Japanese, and Korean Peninsula, Korean numerals. Much of the remainder of the world adopted either the short or long scale. Countries using the long scale include most countries in continental Europe and most that are Geographical distribution of French speakers, French-speaking, Geographical distribution of German speakers, German-speaking and Hispanophone, Spanish-speaking. Use of the short scale is found in most Anglophone, English and Arabic speaking countries, most Eurasian post-communist countries and Brazil. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Names Of Large Numbers
Depending on context (e.g. language, culture, region), some large numbers have names that allow for describing large quantities in a textual form; not mathematical. For very large values, the text is generally shorter than a decimal numeric representation although longer than scientific notation. Two naming scales for large numbers have been used in English and other European languages since the early modern era: the long and short scales. Most English variants use the short scale today, but the long scale remains dominant in many non-English-speaking areas, including continental Europe and Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America. These naming procedures are based on taking the number ''n'' occurring in 103''n''+3 (short scale) or 106''n'' (long scale) and concatenating Latin roots for its units, tens, and hundreds place, together with the suffix ''-illion''. Names of numbers above a trillion are rarely used in practice; such large numbers have practical usage primarily in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
