Googol

A googol is the number 10¹⁰⁰, that is, 1 followed by one hundred zeroes. The term was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician [Edward Kasner]?.

Why give a name to this number? Why is it important?

 10,
 000,000,000,
 000,000,000,

 000,000,000,
 000,000,000,
 000,000,000,

 000,000,000,
 000,000,000,
 000,000,000,

 000,000,000,
 000,000,000,
 000,000,000

See Googolgon, Googolhedron, Googolplex.

References:

• http://www.google.com/corporate/facts.html