And how did Google become the number one search engine
2006-07-03 14:15:58 · 15 answers · asked by brownrabbit596 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
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2006-07-03 14:18:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Google is a play on the word googol, which was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, and was popularized in the book, Mathematics and the Imagination by Kasner and James Newman. It refers to the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. Google's use of the term reflects the company's mission to organize the immense, seemingly infinite amount of information available on the web.
2006-07-03 14:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google derived its name from the word "googol", a term coined by then nine-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of the American mathematician Edward Kasner. The story goes, Kasner had asked his nephew to invent a name for a very large number - ten to the power of one hundred (the numeral one followed by 100 zeros), and Milton called it a googol. The term was later made popular and in Kasner's book, Mathematics and the Imagination, which he co-authored wtih James Newman. Later, another mathematician invented the term "googolplex", which represents ten to the power of a googol - a substantially larger number.
2006-07-03 14:17:31 · answer #3 · answered by Kryztal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the number google is a 1 followed by a million zeroes. I guess they feel that this is the potential for searching items on the internet.
just a theory, you would have to consult the owners to get the answer.
2006-07-03 14:17:50 · answer #4 · answered by Raidered81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll tell you and this is the truth. When counting with numbers after a billion is a trillion and somewhere after that is what's called googooloo. It is a very high number, and that's where they got google
2006-07-03 14:18:38 · answer #5 · answered by shy sureno 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from the name of the number 10 to the power 100. For the second part of your question, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google and
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2004-04-29-google-timeline_x.htm
2006-07-03 15:03:05 · answer #6 · answered by Beatmaster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Comes from the word googol which is equal to 10 to the 100th power. Which is a lot.
2006-07-03 14:20:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From a girl who giggled. its not #1 , its #2 or #3 ?
2006-07-03 14:18:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
simple layout no adds best engine and easy to remember lol name
2006-07-03 14:18:17 · answer #9 · answered by jasonvdklooster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From two smart brothers
2006-07-03 14:17:26 · answer #10 · answered by diana s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 with a hundred zeros is my understanding.
sounds like krystal knows what's up.
2006-07-03 14:21:44 · answer #11 · answered by drewwers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋