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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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googol
coined 1940, supposedly by the 9-year-old nephew (who is not named in any of the stories) of U.S. mathematician Edward Kasmer, when asked for a name for an enormous number. Perhaps influenced by comic strip character Barney Google.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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googol (g 'gôl', g 'gəl) Pronunciation Key
The number 10 raised to the 100th power (10100), written out as 1 followed by 100 zeros. |
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googol mathematics
The number represented in base-ten by a one with a hundred zeroes after it.
According to Webster's Dictionary, the name was coined in 1938 by Milton Sirotta, the nine-year-old nephew of American mathematician, Edward Kasner.
See also googolplex.
(2001-03-29)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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gɔl
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