Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Google means what?

Actually the word is not exactly GOOGLE it is GOOGOL.

Googol is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. The term was formed by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, and was used in the book named “Mathematics and the Imagination” written by Kasner and James Newman. 

Google’s play on the term reflects the company’s mission to organize the immense amount of information available on the web.”

Goooooooooo,oooooooooo,oooooooooo,oooooooooo,oooooooooo,
oooooooooo,oooooooooo,oooooooooo,oooooooooo,ooooooooooGle

is indeed derived from Googol

10000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000,
0000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000.
Yes, that is 100 zeros!


We use Google & its services everyday & i thought we should know the meaning of the word :).

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