what does google mean?

Google is the world’s most popular search engine. It began as a search project in 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who were two Ph.D. students at Stanford University. They developed a search engine algorithm that ranked Web pages not just by content and keywords, but by how many other Web pages linked to each page. This strategy produced more useful results than other search engines, and led to a rapid increase in Google’s Web search marketshare.

Origin of the name “Google”

“In 1996, Larry Page and Sergey Brin called their initial search engine “BackRub,” named for its analysis of the web’s “back links.” Larry’s office was in room 360 of the Gates C Building, which he shared with several other graduate students, including Sean Anderson, Tamara Munzner, and Lucas Pereira. In 1997, Larry and his officemates discussed a number of possible new names for the rapidly improving search technology. Sean recalls the final brainstorming session as occurring one day during September of that year.

Sean and Larry were in their office, using the whiteboard, trying to think up a good name – something that related to the indexing of an immense amount of data. Sean verbally suggested the word “googolplex,” and Larry responded verbally with the shortened form, “googol” (both words refer to specific large numbers). Sean was seated at his computer terminal, so he executed a search of the Internet domain name registry database to see if the newly suggested name was still available for registration and use. Sean is not an infallible speller, and he made the mistake of searching for the name spelled as “google.com,” which he found to be available. Larry liked the name, and within hours he took the step of registering the name “google.com” for himself and Sergey (the domain name registration record dates from September 15, 1997).”

David Koller ([email protected]), January, 24

Google has become such a popular search engine that the term “Google” is now often used as a verb, synonymous with “search.” For example, if you are looking for information about someone, you can Google that person using Google’s search engine.

The name “Google” originated from a misspelling of “googol,” which refers to 10^ (the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros).

Having found its way increasingly into everyday language, the verb “google”, was added to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary in 26, meaning “to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet.”

Source(s): Wikipedia!

A googol is a huge quantity, 10 to the hundredth power, or 1 followed by 1 zeros. The number was invented by Edward Kasner, an American mathematician, who popularized the number in his 1940 book, Mathematics and the Imagination. Though the googol was not popularized until 1940, the term was originally coined in 1920, by Kasner’s 9-year-old nephew, Milton Sirotta. At the same time, he also came up with the idea of a googolplex, which is one followed by a googol zeros.

Source(s): http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-googol.htm

Google is now a verb. It means to look something up on the Internet using the Google search engine.

A google is a one followed by 1 zeros. That definition has been replaced by the search engine now. If you’ll look at the bottom of the google screen at the results, they add ‘o’s to ‘google’ in the tradition of the original google.

Google is the play on the word googol by Milton Sirotta. Googol is the #1 followed by 1 zeros!

the verb “google”, was added to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary in 26, meaning “to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet.”

A Google is a 1 followed by a hundred zeroes.

is an American public corporation, specializing in Internet search and online advertising. The company is based in Mountain View, California, and has 15,916 full-time employees (as of September 30, 27).[3] Google’s mission statement is, “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”[4] Google’s corporate philosophy includes statements such as “Don’t be evil”, and “Work should be challenging and the challenge should be fun”, illustrating a somewhat relaxed corporate culture.

It is derived from “googol,” which means: “the number 10 raised to the power 1, written out as the numeral 1 followed by 1 zeros.”

Source(s): http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/googol