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How did the term Google come about?

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RJUKL | 21:01 Sun 07th Feb 2010 | ChatterBank
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I have always thought that it stands for "Go ogle".
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Avatar Image craft1948
sounds reasonable to me.........
21:03 Sun 07th Feb 2010
Avatar Image Goodsoulette
Isn't a googol a really big number (Indian maybe??) think it's a play on that
21:04 Sun 07th Feb 2010
Avatar Image MarkRae
Absolutely! Could have been found in less than a minute on, er. Google...
21:05 Sun 07th Feb 2010
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And here's the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google#Etymology
21:05 Sun 07th Feb 2010
Avatar Image joggerjayne
It's an anagram ...

... of leg goo

or goo gel
21:06 Sun 07th Feb 2010
Avatar Image dr b
http://graphics.stanf...ogle_name_origin.html
21:06 Sun 07th Feb 2010
Avatar Image Goodsoulette
But mark, didn't you know that if you type google into google you can break the internet?
21:07 Sun 07th Feb 2010
Avatar Image MarkRae
LOL! I appreciate the "I.T. Crowd" reference
21:14 Sun 07th Feb 2010
Avatar Image Goodsoulette
Whew, that didn't fail!
21:26 Sun 07th Feb 2010

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