Date:    Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:04:45 PDT
<br>From:    Phil Thomas <preakness1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HOTMAIL.COM>
<br>Subject: Re: gazillion
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<br>Larry Horn wrote:
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<br>>Not to mention "googolplex"--1 followed by a googol of zeros, where a
<br>>googol is 1 followed by 100 zeros, both dubbings from George Gamow's
<br>>_One, Two, Three, Infinity_ (1947).  I think "googol" was suggested
<br>>by his young son.
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<br>This is true-- I've seen variations on the spelling of the word,
<br>although it's usually either "googol" or "googool".  For more
<br>information than you may possibly desire on the subject, there's a web
<br>page devoted to it:
<br>http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~fp/Tools/Googool.html
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<br>Back to the "gazillion" discussion... I have also seen (albeit less
<br>often) the word "bazillion" used.  It's pretty clear as to what they're
<br>supposed to convey, but I have no idea about the origin of these words.
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<br>-Phil
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