LL-L "Names" 2007.10.06 (05) [E]

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From: Kevin & Cheryl Caldwell <kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2007.10.06 (04) [E/LS]

Of course, "googol" itself is a made-up word, coined by a child whose
mathematician uncle asked him what he should call 1 followed by 100 zeroes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol

http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html

Kevin Caldwell
 From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Names

According to the Wikipedia, the name Google started as a misspelling of
"googol." I assume it was a deliberate misspelling, intended to be
"suggestive," as Sandy suggested above.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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