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