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.

Last updated: 2001-03-29

Nearby terms:

GOOD ♦ Good Thing ♦ Google ♦ googol ♦ googolplex ♦ gopher ♦ Gopher client

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