What is a googol, and why is Google named after it?

As astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson points out, large numbers like googols “don’t count things, but instead count the ways things can happen.”

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Astha.IT - In mathematics, a googol is the large number 10^100 (ten to the power 100). The founders of Google wanted to name their company after this number, but they misspelled it

Beginning with Google

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INVENTION: The very popular search engine called Google was invented by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google was named after a googol - the name for the. - ppt download

This is part of a number called a Googolplex, a 1 followed by a googol of zeros. It is physically impossible to write in full as there is not enough physical space

INVENTION: The very popular search engine called Google was invented by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google was named after a googol - the name for the. - ppt download

On Google's 22nd birthday, learn how the name came from word 'googol

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Word Mocha: A hundred oh's in a googol makes a Google! The word that made one of the world's awesomest tech companies.

World's largest search engine Google holds a mathematical meaning behind its name - Know more here