>From: "Tom Howarth" <tom.howarth@xxxxxxxxxxx> >In the real world a million is a thousand thousands, a billion is a >million milions, and a trilion is a billion billions In short, no it's not(by the American or French system anyways). Now for the long answer, a million is 10^6 which is a thousand thousands, correct so far. A billion is 10^9 which is a thousand million, not a million million which is 10^12. A trillion is 10^12 which is a thousand billion, not a billion billion which is 10^18 (a very large number called a Quintillion) However, wierdly enough, this answer is correct, in the English or German system. In their system everything is a multiple of 10^6 For a good comparison see: http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.large.numbers.html http://physics.hallym.ac.kr/reference/prefix.html However, all of this is irrelevant because RAM is sized using the metric system not the standard(otherwise known as English method even though it's not used by the English anymore) So an English Terabyte and an American Terabyte are the same size, but be careful, because some manufacturers use a metric Terabyte which is 1,000,000,000,000 while others use a computer style Terabyte which is 1,099,511,627,776 (based on powers of 2). Chris Berry compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx Systems Administrator JM Associates "I can sleep at night because my servers are secure. What's the secret you ask? I filled them with concrete." _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm