The name 'google'

[Yianni]

Does anyone know where the name google came from?

My theory is that it comes from the words "GO OGLE"

Any other theories?

 

[Lethal]

Dictionary.com says that the name is apparently derived from googol which means

The number 10 raised to the power 100 (10100), written out as the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros.

 

[El Scorcho]

Originally posted by Lethal
Dictionary.com says that the name is apparently derived from googol which means

The number 10 raised to the power 100 (10100), written out as the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros.

which itself comes from the young child of the man who 'discovered' the number.

also a googol times a googol is known as a googolplex

 

[red+black]

Originally posted by El Scorcho
also a googol times a googol is known as a googolplex

i don't think that's correct. struggling to make sense of it?

http://www.fpx.de/fp/Fun/Googolplex/