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	A '''googol''' is the ] 10<sup>100</sup>, that is, the ] 1 followed by 100 ]:
	: 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

	The term was coined in 1938<ref>Kasner, Edward and Newman,James R., ''Mathematics and the Imagination,'' 1940, Simon and Schuster, New York. ISBN 0-486-41703-4</ref> by 9-year-old ] (1929–1981), nephew of American ] ]. Kasner popularized the concept in his book ] (1940).

	Other ] for googol include '''ten duotrigintillion''' on the ], '''ten thousand sexdecillion''' on the ], or '''ten sexdecilliard''' on the ].

	A googol has no particular significance in ], but is useful when comparing with other very large quantities such as the number of ] in the visible universe or the number of ] game moves possible hypothetically. Edward Kasner used it to illustrate the difference between an unimaginably large number and ], and in this role it is sometimes used in teaching mathematics.

	==In popular culture==
	* ''Googol'' was the correct answer to the million-] question: ''"A number one followed by 100 zeros is known by what name?"'' on '']'' when ] attempted to defraud the quiz show on 10 September 2001. The other options were a ], a ] or a ].<ref></ref>
	* The company name ] is a misspelling of the word "Googol"<ref>Brin, S. and Page, L. (1998). The anatomy of a large-scale hypertextual Web search engine. Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, 30(1-7):107–117</ref> made by founders ] and ], as described in the book ''The Google Story'' by ].

	==See also==
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	==References==
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	{{Large numbers}}

	==External links==
	* {{MathWorld \| urlname=Googol \| title=Googol}}
	* {{PlanetMath \| urlname=Googol \| title=googol}}

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