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Why do we have the number "googol" (not google)? (1 with 100 zeros...)
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23-07-2005, 15:11
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Re: Why do we have the number "googol" (not google)? (1 with 100 zeros...)
for the same reason we have words for million, billion, trillion, gazillion
its easier to say than One E to the one hundreth
now a googolplex on the other hand, thats just getting absurd!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol
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