What is this number called 1000000000000000000000000

The number 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (1 followed by 24 zeros) is called one septillion in the short scale system used in the United States and modern British English. This equals 10²⁴ in scientific notation. In the long scale system historically used in Britain and still common in some European countries, this same number would be called one quadrillion, highlighting the importance of clarifying which naming convention is being used in international contexts.

To grasp the scale of a septillion, consider that it's approximately the number of stars in the observable universe (estimates range from 10²³ to 10²⁴). It's also close to the number of molecules in about 40 grams of water, or roughly the number of grains of sand on all Earth's beaches if each grain were subdivided many times. In computing terms, a septillion bytes (called a yottabyte when referring to 10²⁴ bytes) represents an almost unimaginable amount of data—far exceeding all data currently stored by humanity combined. Practical applications for counting to septillions appear in scientific fields: particle physics when counting subatomic particles, chemistry when dealing with moles of substances at large scales, and astrophysics when calculating cosmic quantities.