50 Gigohm Resistor?

I had the experience of looking at a circuit board with a resistor
marked 50G, indicating 50,000 Megohms. One of the resistor leads was
mounted on a teflon pad since the resistance of the board would
probably be a good portion of 50 Gigs.

Any idea what application would make use of a resistor so high?

-Bill

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