[WEB4LIB] RE: Googol?

[Tara Calishain]

At 03:06 PM 1/10/2002, Daniel Messer wrote:
>     Also note that one is a search engine and the other is a number. I've run
>across several people who confuse the spelling of Google because they're 
>thinking
>of the number googol, which is 10 to the power of 100, or a 1 followed by 100
>zeros. I know why a googol is called a googol, but I have no idea where 
>Google got
>their name. Can anyone enlighten me there? I checked their FAQs, but I 
>never saw
>the reason.

http://www.google.com/corporate/facts.html

"Google is a privately held and profitable company focused on search
           services. Named for the mathematical term "googol",
           Google operates a web site at www.google.com that is widely 
recognized
           as the "World's Best Search Engine" and is fast, accurate
           and easy to use. "

Whee,

Tara


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