gillion (idea)

gillion /gil'y*n/ or /jil'y*n/ n.

[formed from giga- by analogy with mega/million and tera/trillion] 10^9. Same as an American billion or a British `milliard'. How one pronounces this depends on whether one speaks giga- with a hard or soft `g'.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

• gilley
• ginger
• The Jargon File
• ESR
• rescdsk

• = G =
• giga-
• giga-