> The blame is on the French.
> They changed the meaning of billion,
> trillion, etc. and we took their definitions
> instead of the original English meanings.
> Yes that was in my mind as well the fact
> that people don't see the "b" in
> billion.

Well, the French have a separate word for our "billion," which is "milliard," whereas they also have a word, "billion," which is now our trillion.

But, 10^12, meaning billion, is given in my dictionary as "mainly British," so I'm not sure exactly who is to blame here.

> I simmed 13-16. CVData handles
> 21 through 13 separately but 12 and lower
> together for purposes of Insurance cover. I
> think I'll change that.

Yes, I think you should.

Don