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On the  long scale , one billion is 1 million million, or 1 and 12 zeroes (1,000,000,000,000).The long scale is still used in some European countries (France, for example). The UK switched to the short scale in 1970/71.On the  short scale , one billion is 1,000 million, or 1 and 9 zeroes (1,000,000,000).n the  long scale , one billion is 1 million million, or 1 and 12 zeroes (1,000,000,000,000).
In British English, a trillion used to mean a million million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000). Nowadays, it's generally held to be equivalent to a million million (1,000,000,000,000), as it is in American English. The same evolution can be seen with quadrillion and quintillion.