from colin twiggs today, page-3

depends where you are referencing and live.

By US definition A trillion dollars = $1,000,000,000,000.

That's 12 zeroes to the left of the decimal point. A trillion is a million million dollars.

But the good old poms have different view.....

US$ Trillion
$1,000,000,000,000
= 1m x 1m

GB$ Trillion
$1,000,000,000,000,000,000
= 1b x 1b

I like the poms trillion best :)

I'd be happy with 8 zeros