2006-08-13 08:29:07 · 6 answers · asked by Austin W 3 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
It's an intentional respelling of the word Googol. "Googol cannot be trademarked, but "Google" was a new word that could be.
A googol is the large number 10^100, that is, the digit 1 followed by one hundred zeros
The googol was created by the American mathematician Edward Kasner to illustrate the difference between an unimaginably large number and infinity. The name 'googol' was supposedly coined by Kasner's nine-year-old nephew Milton Sirotta in 1938 when asked to give a name for a huge number.
2006-08-13 08:34:32 · answer #1 · answered by Jay S 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its the mathematical term for a 1 flollowed by 100 0's I don't think its really all that sophisticated, some professor probably thought google would be a cool name for a number so large nobody would ever use it.
2006-08-13 15:32:54 · answer #2 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Google name was chosen to represent the gigantic amount of material available on the web.
It comes from " google " the # 1 followed by 100 zeros.
It's also as a verb. For example, " to google something, means to search the web for it.
For those that gave me two thumbs down........I was in the middle of googling the word, and hit a wrong key, and lost the question ! My bad ! Sorry !!!
2006-08-13 15:39:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
It's a play on the word "Googol," which is a "1" followed by 100 zeroes.
2006-08-13 15:34:06 · answer #4 · answered by Tomii 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Math Explanations are probably Factural however here is one you have yet to hear, GO Ogle - - -- as in go forth and roll around in the infinite possibilities to your inquiry - - - Ogle. to look, to See - - - It works. Peace = = = Now I am going to Go Ogle some DVD titles....
2006-08-13 18:41:04 · answer #5 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a "google" refers to a very large number if I'm not mistaken.
2006-08-13 15:32:25 · answer #6 · answered by mazter_ace 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋