many will have heard the word in passing. they won't know what it means. i think it'll be at least 5-10 years before it dawns on a small number of people in global terms.
I agree. It will take a long time before it was known by lot of people around the world. Many only heard it but doesnt have interest on it so they ignored it. Even user of it not totally know what bitcoin is. I think most of the newbie are still lack of knowledge about it because it take time to study to understand the true meaning of bitcoin and on for what bitcoin is nowadays.