Googol

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  googol
       n : a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros
           (ten raised to the power of a hundred)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "googol":
     astronomical number, billion, decillion, duodecillion, googolplex,
     infinitude, infinity, jillion, large number, nonillion,
     novemdecillion, octillion, octodecillion, quadrillion,
     quattuordecillion, quindecillion, quintillion, septillion,
     sexdecillion, sextillion, tredecillion, trillion, undecillion,
     vigintillion, zillion
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  googol
       
           The number represented in base-ten by a one with
          a hundred zeroes after it.
       
          According to Webster's Dictionary, the name was coined in 1938
          by Milton Sirotta, the nine-year-old nephew of American
          mathematician, Edward Kasner.
       
          See also {googolplex}.
       
          (2001-03-29)