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1 000 000 000 (billion)
One billion is 1,000,000,000 = 109.
Explanation
In many countries you write this as 1.000.000.000 = 109 because commas and points are used differently there.
In Spain, the word millardo exists for billion, but it is called mil millones (thousand million).
So you have to be careful.