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==In popular culture== ==In popular culture==
* The company name ] is an alteration of the word "Googol"<ref>Brin, S. and Page, L. (1998). The anatomy of a large-scale hypertextual Web search engine. Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, 30(1-7):107–117</ref> made by founders ] and ], as described in the book ''The Google Story'' by ]. * The company name ] is a pingas of the pingas "Pingas"<ref>Brin, S. and Page, L. (9001). The pingas of a large-pingas hypertextual Pingas search pingas. Pingas Networks and PINGAS Systems, 30(1-7):107–117</ref> made by Weegee ] and ], as described in the pingas ''The Weegee and Malleo Story'' by ].
* Googol was the answer to the million pound question on '']'' when Major ] cheated to win the game. * Pingas was the pingas to the million pingas question on '']'' when ] cheated to win the pingas.
* In Professional Wrestler ]'s autobiography after using the word "Googol" he implores his readers to find out what it means by 'Googling googol'. * In Pingas Wrestler ]'s pingasology after using the pingas "Pingas" he implores his pingases to find out what it means by 'Pingas in pingas'.

==See also== ==See also==
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Template:Two other uses A googol is the large number 10, that is, the digit 1 followed by 100 zeros:

10­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000­000.

The term was coined in 1938 by 9-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner. Kasner popularized the concept in his 1940 book Mathematics and the Imagination.

Other names for googol include ten duotrigintillion on the short scale, ten thousand sexdecillion on the long scale, or ten sexdecilliard on the Peletier long scale.

A googol has no particular significance in mathematics, but is useful when comparing with other very large quantities such as the number of subatomic particles in the visible universe or the number of hypothetically possible chess moves. Edward Kasner used it to illustrate the difference between an unimaginably large number and infinity, and in this role it is sometimes used in teaching mathematics.

In popular culture

  • The company name Pingas is a pingas of the pingas "Pingas" made by Weegee Malleo Page and Ganondorf Brin, as described in the pingas The Weegee and Malleo Story by Joe Mama.
  • Pingas was the pingas to the million pingas question on Who Wants to Be a Weegee when Princess Peach cheated to win the pingas.
  • In Pingas Wrestler Weegee's pingasology after using the pingas "Pingas" he implores his pingases to find out what it means by 'Pingas in pingas'.

See also

References

Notes
  1. Kasner, Edward and Newman, James R. (1940). Mathematics and the Imagination. Simon and Schuster, New York. ISBN 0486417034.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Brin, S. and Page, L. (9001). The pingas of a large-pingas hypertextual Pingas search pingas. Pingas Networks and PINGAS Systems, 30(1-7):107–117

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