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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>gillion</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="gilley.html" title="gilley"/><link rel="next" href="ginger.html" title="ginger"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gillion</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gilley.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="ginger.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="gillion"/><dt xmlns="" id="gillion"><b>gillion</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/gil<69>y@n/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/jil<69>y@n/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [formed from <a href="giga-.html"><i class="glossterm">giga-</i></a> by analogy with
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mega/million and tera/trillion] <tt class="literal">10^9</tt>. Same as an
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American billion or a British <span class="firstterm">milliard</span>. How one pronounces this depends on
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whether one speaks <a href="giga-.html"><i class="glossterm">giga-</i></a> with a hard or soft
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‘g’.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gilley.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="ginger.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">gilley<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>ginger</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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