2007-08-03 04:19:54 · 13 answers · asked by Abubakr H 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet ➔ Google
They are just simple catchy words.
Yahoo is a yelled greeting. Google is a math word for a large number.
The creative guys who came up with the concepts just liked the sound of these words.
2007-08-03 04:22:45 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ya·hoo /ËyÉhu, Ëyeɪ-, yÉËhu/
- Show Spelled Pronunciation[yah-hoo, yey-, yah-hoo] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -hoos. 1. (in Swift's Gulliver's Travels) one of a race of brutes, having the form and all the vices of humans, who are subject to the Houyhnhnms.
2. (lowercase) an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine; yokel.
3. (lowercase) a coarse or brutish person.
Goo·gle (gÅÅ'gÉl)
A trademark used for an Internet search engine. This trademark often occurs in print as a verb, sometimes in lowercase: "A high school English teacher ... recently Googled a phrase in one student's paper and found it had been taken from a sample essay of an online editing service" (Chris Berdik).
2007-08-03 11:23:58 · answer #2 · answered by Microsoft 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: 1ya·hoo
Pronunciation: 'yA-(")hü, 'yä-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural yahoos
1 capitalized : a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans
2 [influenced by 2yahoo] : a boorish, crass, or stupid person
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Main Entry: 2ya·hoo
Pronunciation: yä-'hü
Function: interjection
Etymology: perhaps alteration of yo-ho, interjection used to attract attention, from yo + ho
: YIPPEE
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Main Entry: yip·pee
Pronunciation: 'yi-pE
Function: interjection
-- used to express exuberant delight or triumph
Main Entry: goo·gle
Pronunciation: 'gü-g&l
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): goo·gled; goo·gling
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Google, trademark for a search engine
: to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web
2007-08-03 11:24:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo is one of the original for profit companies to offer an Internet search engine.
Google is another for profit company that offers an Internet search engine.
The words Yahoo and Google themselves are made up names that mean nothing.
2007-08-03 11:22:58 · answer #4 · answered by Fester Frump 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Long ago an inventor asked a kid, " Hey can you come up with a name that fits (put really high number here). The kid's response was Google. now there is a search engine with really high results. See the connection??
2007-08-03 11:22:42 · answer #5 · answered by Al 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yahoo is just an exclamation.
googol is a 1 with 100 zeroes after it. google is an intentional mispelling of that word.
2007-08-03 11:22:08 · answer #6 · answered by 006 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yahoo would be an expression of excitement. Don't know about google. I believe it has something to do with googol.
2007-08-03 11:23:07 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rich Z and 006 are right.
2007-08-03 13:40:44 · answer #8 · answered by weatherkari 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
006 is the only person with the correct answer.
2007-08-03 11:32:56 · answer #9 · answered by Emily 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yahoo is an old german term, it means a whale's virgina.
google is goggle misspelt
2007-08-03 11:22:07 · answer #10 · answered by Chuck Schwarzenegger 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋