# Large Number Formats

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/large-number-formats/41357>\
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**Created:** [June 14, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/large-number-formats/41357 "2020-06-14T05:12:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/large-number-formats/41357/1 "2020-06-14T05:12:31Z")

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> **[Large Number Formats](https://xkcd.com/2319/)**
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> 10^13.4024: A person who has come back to numbers after a journey deep into some random theoretical field

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**Author:** ![Tim\_G](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tim_g/32/11039_2.png) [@Tim\_G](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tim_G)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/large-number-formats/41357/2 "2020-06-14T07:21:19Z")

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For the number that the astronomer wrote (10¹³), I would use “baker’s trillion”.