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A Google is 10 to the 100th power:

10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

A google was named by a mathmatician's young child.
A goolgleplex is that number to the 100th power... I won't type that one out!

It is a very large number.

Also, Google is the best search engine ever made!
http://www.google.com

[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 08-20-2001).]

>Google is 10 to the 100th power
googol

>A goolgleplex is that number to the 100th power
googolplex
I have not heard that definition before.
The only definition for googolplex I've seen is ten to the googol. http://public.logica.com/~stepneys/cyc/g/googol.htm

>Google is the best search engine ever made!
That's a different spelling.

I plan to pick all your brains when the 2002 comes out, collectively this is far better than all those lame updates i usually attend.

as to the 'google' , it is numbers beyond my conception. I can close my eyes and visualize 9 items, in 3 sets if I concentrate...I can open my wallet and maybe get into a second digit....I understand there are african tribes who have no # after 3....( just tryin' to make myself feel good)

We have some English "tribes" who can't get beyond counting to 3 after a few of those beers...

Lest not we forget Barney Google, the star of the cartoon show of the same name.
I can count to 19, unless you're supposed to also count the finger you use for pointing at the rest of your fingers and toes. Then it's whatever number comes after 19.

[This message has been edited by electure (edited 08-20-2001).]

I stand corrected... Googol...

However.. "A google of beer" sounds like a quantity to me... Not a search engine...

My "bad" as the kids say...

Googolplex = 10 to the googol... yeah, Dspark you may be right, either way it's too large for me to fathom!

[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 08-20-2001).]