Curious About What's After A Trillion?

With all of this talk about debt ceiling, and national budgets, etc. the number trillion comes up often. What number will we use once we surpass "trillion"? It won't be long! Will it be Zillion? - Linda, Mashpee

It's quadrillion.  It's a thousand trillions and has 15 zeros:  $1,000,000,000,000,000

Next comes quintillion, sextillion, septillian......

And it goes on.  Here's a list.

Do you think the recently passed spending cuts will keep us from reaching a quadrillion?