Google
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Digital Technology.
Trademark.
the proprietary name of a leading internet search engine, founded in 1998.
verb (used with object), Goo·gled, Goo·gling.
(often lowercase) to search the internet for information about (a person, topic,
etc.):We googled the new applicant to check her background.
verb (used without object), Goo·gled, Goo·gling.
(often lowercase) to use a search engine such as Google to find information, a
website address, etc., on the internet.
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ORIGIN OF GOOGLE
First recorded in 1998; after mathematical term googol
HISTORICAL USAGE OF GOOGLE
Founded in 1998, the website Google.com has become such an institution that in its
short existence, it has changed not only the way we process the endless data found
online, but also the way we think and talk about the internet.
The term GOOGLE itself is a creative spelling of googol, a number equal to 10 to the
100th power, or more colloquially, an unfathomable number. Googol was coined in the
1930s and is attributed to the nine-year-old nephew of American mathematician Edward
Kasner.
Soon after Google was created, the trademarked company name became a popular
verb. People were “googling” all sorts of information, including their own names. When
users GOOGLE themselves, unless their names are absurdly rare, they may find their
“googlegangers” (a portmanteau word combining “google” and “doppelgänger”), or their
namesakes, listed in the Google search results.
A whole new industry has sprung up around Google, including the new field of searchengine optimization or SEO, which works to boost the ranking of a name or term in
Google and other search-engine results. In 2005, the newly-minted term Google
bomb became popular, to describe the intentional skewing of Google search results by
creating links to misleading web pages. Whether we like it or not, we now live in a
Google-centric world.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH GOOGLE
goggle, Google , googol
WORDS NEARBY GOOGLE
goof-up, goofus, goofy, goofy-footer, goog, Google, Google bomb, googlebombing, Google Glass, googlewhack, googly
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BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR GOOGLE
Google
/ (ˈɡuːɡəl) /
noun trademark
a popular search engine on the internet
verb (without a cap)
to search for (something on the internet) using a search engine
to check (the credentials of someone) by searching for websites containing his
or her name
WORD ORIGIN FOR GOOGLE
C20: a play on googol
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