What is the full form of GOOGLE?
What is the
full form of GOOGLE?
There is a lot of
confusion about whether Google has a full form or it is simply a term coined by
the founder of Google. Officially Google does not have a full form. It is
derived from the word “googol” which means a large number, that is 1 followed
by 100 zeros.
The word “googol” is a large number 10100 , of which 100 zeros after 1:
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
Google Inc is a US
based multinational company. Currently, it is the most popular search engine
among Internet-related services and products. Its core functional areas are
online advertising technology, cloud computing, search engines and software. In
addition, Google is the most used search engine in the entire world.
Google is a major subsidiary of Alphabet. After the
reorganization, Sundar Pichai became CEO of Google while Larry Page became CEO of
Alphabet. In 2004, Google launched its free web-based email service, Gmail, and
in 2005, it introduced Google Earth and Google Maps. Google has also introduced
Android, an operating system for mobile devices, and the Google Chrome browser.
Brief History of Google
- Google was
started in 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both
are Ph.D. students at Stanford University. He created a new
technology (PageRank) to determine the relevance of the website.
- Larry
Page and Brin originally named their new search engine “BackRub”, as the
system examined backlinks to estimate the site’s importance. Eventually,
he changed the name to Google.
- The domain
google.com was registered on 14 September 1997 and Google Corporation was
established in September 1998 the following year.
- In March
1999, the company moved its offices to Palo Alto,
California, which is home to several prominent Silicon
Valley technology start-ups.
- In June
2000, it was announced that Google would become the default search engine
provider for Yahoo!, one of the most popular websites at the time,
replacing Inktomi.
- The term
PageRank (PageRank) was patented in September 2001. In the same year, Eric
Schmidt was appointed as Google’s new CEO.
- In 2004,
Google launched its free web-based email service, Gmail.
- In the
year 2005, Google Earth and Google Maps were introduced.
- In 2007,
Google introduced Android, an open platform for mobile devices.
- On 2
September 2008, Google introduced the Google Chrome browser.
- In May
2015, Google announced its intention to build its campus in Hyderabad,
India. The company’s largest campus outside the United States, will
accommodate 13,000 employees.
- In
September 2016, Google launched a project for public Wi-Fi at railway stations in India.
- On March
19, 2019, Google announced that it would enter the video game market,
launching a cloud gaming platform called Stadia.
- In April
2020, it was reported that Google announced several cost-cutting measures
as a response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such measures included slowing down
hiring for the remainder of 2020.
Full Forms of Google
Officially, it is
misspelled googol. By the way, Google has a lot of imaginary full forms, they
are given below:
- GOOGLE:
Global Organization of Oriented Group Language of Earth
- GOOGLE: Giving
Opinions & Options Generously Linked Everywhere
- GOOGLE: Go
Online or Go Look Everywhere
- GOOGLE:
God’s Own Official Guide to Locating Everything
- GOOGLE:
Global Online Options and Greatly Linked Education
- GOOGLE:
Gracious Opinions of God’s Living Entities
List of Google products
- Android
Auto
- Android OS
- Calendar
- Cardboard
- Chrome
- Chrome Web
Store
- Chromebook
- Chromecast
- Connected
Home
- Contacts
- Daydream
View
- Docs
- Drawings
- Drive
- Earth
- Finance
- Forms
- Gboard
- Gmail
- Google
Alerts
- Google
Cast
- Google
Classroom
- Google
Cloud Print
- Google Duo
- Google
Expeditions
- Google
Express
- Google Fi
- Google Fit
- Google
Flights
- Google
Fonts
- Google
Groups
- Google
Input Tools
- Google One
- Google Pay
- Google
Photos
- Google
Play
- Google
Play Books
- Google
Play Games
- Google
Play Movies & TV
- Google
Play Music
- Google
Store
- Google
Street View
- Google Wifi
- Hangouts
- Hangouts
Chat
- Keep
- Maps
- Messages
- News
- Pixel 3
- Play
Protect
- Scholar
- Search
- Sheets
- Sites
- Slides
- Tilt Brush
- Translate
- Voice
- Waze
- Wear OS by
Google
- YouTube
- YouTube
Kids
- YouTube
Music
- YouTube TV
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