Why do we have the number "googol" (not google)? (1 with 100 zeros...)

[Timothy D. Ginn]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

It does not seem we need to even use the number googol, petition to eliminate it.now (Lol). It is impossible to practically use the number since there aren't even close to a googol atoms in the universe, it does not make since to even have the number. By the way, I will pay $100 to any (1) person who can write every integer from 1 to a googol

If we get rid of the term googol we can't have alliterations like a googol gaggles of geese. Plus it's always good to have a number that's not infinity but qualifies as a generic "really really big number".

[Not2B]

It has some uses. Maybe not regular uses (like how many tacos I want for lunch), but uses non-the-less.

Check this out -
googol

Now a googolplex is even bigger: 1 followed by a googol of zeros.