Define the term "Googol".

A googol is the large number 10 to the 100th power. In decimal notation, it is written as the digit 1 followed by one hundred 0s:

10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.

The term was coined in 1920 by 9-year-old Milton Sirotta (1911–1981), 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.

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Johnny Rock

Whats even more amazing is 6% of quizzers thought that it was "a violent tribe of Norsemen known for eating their enemies"!

Ed Taber

Should have had ," The National Debt" for a answer.

Jim Mascair

I knew the answer, but I really liked the Norse cannibals as an alternative. It's easier to picture in my head.

tbear

Just yesterday there was a question about Google and this was in the explanation! So glad I really try to read most of the explanations to questions! Amazing what you learn, sometimes! 😊👍

dmarkc

Katherine Kite Bennett, hence, the term.

Katherine Kite Bennett

Too many zeros for my mind to comprehend

deborahpmercer

Johnny Rock, Quite disappointing it isn't, really!

larrywagner

Michael Fenster, Wow Your another cyber dic.

larrywagner

Gail Brown, WE thing? Just maybe your a DIP.

larrywagner

Elsy O. Stromberg, Blow it out your pie hole and leave Tesla alone.

Mic Fenst

Gail Brown, Probably. Did you do a web search for the name? That name is a musician. I'm surprised the name is allowed since it infringes on copyright domain.

Elsy O. Stromberg

Tesla- we don't need or want you to repeat the answer all the time!

Dorothy Harper

Well, I thought it was a trick question to lighten everyone up, it’s what we go to on internet when we want to find information on something. Googol! Lol