 The Definition Of Google Number [aka Googol], No... it's not that search engine! It has a definition. |
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 Mar 11 2007, 01:27 AM
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Premium Member  Group: Members Posts: 196 Joined: 25-October 06 Member No.: 32,173  |
Maybe some of you know this already
A google is a fantastic number; it is a number followed by 100 zeros. So when I say you got a google girlfriends, it means you have 10^100 girlfriends. (Aint logic) Now we know why the name Google for the famous search engine. |
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Mar 11 2007, 01:58 AM
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Desperately seeking "any key" to continue...  Group: Admin Posts: 3,467 Joined: 23-April 05 From: Trap17 storage box Member No.: 6,042 |
The word you're referring to is googol (not google). Read more about the word http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Agoogol
Another word associated with googol is GOOGOLPLEX. 10^googol or 10^(10^100) |
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May 6 2007, 01:17 PM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 4-May 07 Member No.: 42,603 |
Yea, Googol, is 1 followed by a hundred zeroes, and a googolplex is 1 follows by a googol of zeroes. I heard that Google was named so because the founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin wanted to be Googleaires, which is pretty unrealistic, they are billionaires though, which is a pretty good start.
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Aug 2 2007, 02:11 AM
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Kinda made me angry seeing that they wanted to be Googleaires and still became billionaires. I'm not sure why it bugs me other than it seems kinda greedy. Doesn't google have slides at work? Or was that a different company that made work fun?
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Aug 5 2007, 08:47 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 5-August 07 Member No.: 47,604 |
QUOTE(zachwyler @ May 6 2007, 06:17 AM)  Yea, Googol, is 1 followed by a hundred zeroes, and a googolplex is 1 follows by a googol of zeroes. I heard that Google was named so because the founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin wanted to be Googleaires, which is pretty unrealistic, they are billionaires though, which is a pretty good start. I was at a bookstore and I found a book that had the Google logo on it. So I picked it up and read a few pages. If I recall, 'Google' is actually some what of a typo. The domain googol was already in use at the time so they decided on Google. 
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Aug 5 2007, 05:16 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 14-July 07 From: England Member No.: 46,489 |
QUOTE(deefables @ Aug 5 2007, 09:47 AM) I was at a bookstore and I found a book that had the Google logo on it. So I picked it up and read a few pages. If I recall, 'Google' is actually some what of a typo. The domain googol was already in use at the time so they decided on Google. That's very strange- I always considered it to be named Google because of the number, not because of how rich they wanted to be; but because that's how many results they would like to have. Seems the mispelling theory is the true one, according to Wikipedia.. |
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Aug 6 2007, 02:55 AM
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Define:EVIL PROGRAMMER (ē'vəl prō'grăm'ər)- n. An organism that converts caffeine into evil software. Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,018 Joined: 25-September 05 From: L.A. Member No.: 12,251 |
Ahhh back to math... Eww don't make my headache start again
 . I know the url googol.com used to be a website with nothing except the googol number printed on it. I don't quite know what happened to it.... It was quite funny.
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Aug 6 2007, 03:56 AM
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I'm back... well, sort of. Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 697 Joined: 26-December 05 From: somewhere in the middle of nowhere Member No.: 16,226  |
When I saw the topic title, I was like
 . Then I started to question if Google had anything to do with it  good thing Buff clarified it. I think the last time I heard about this number was way back in grade school. My [math] teacher was giving us some trivia on... guess what? numbers
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Aug 9 2007, 02:00 PM
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Advanced Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 136 Joined: 19-March 06 From: Mumbai, India Member No.: 20,314 |
Google was founded by two people??
Now they must be employing thousands of people in every country!!! That sure is a success story!!!! The founders themselves might not have imagined they would reach these hights today. Google has most of it's services free and earns only from advertisers. Yet they are the best!!! |
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