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Historical term 'googol' (not 'google') means 10^100; the Google founders deliberately misspelled it as 'Google' for business purposes.

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“there was a word long time ago called Google which meant infinite numbers 10 to 100th right but it was spelled g o o g e l... a Google... the fellow the mathematician evented has some children who ultimately sued us over the Miss... this was this was Larry and Serge's decision they thought it was more fun as Le [42:22]”

Source

Eric Schmidt and Craig Mundie with David Rubenstein: Genesis— The 92nd Street Y, New York
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:49:18 AM

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