gillion

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gillion - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  gillion
  
     <unit> /gil'y*n/ or /jil'y*n/ (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".
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-03-17)
  

gillion - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  gillion
   /gil'y@n/, /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'.