From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxi!hou5d!hou5a!hou5e!jjm
Newsgroups: net.trivia
Title: what's a googol?
Article-I.D.: hou5e.111
Posted: Wed Oct  6 16:35:50 1982
Received: Thu Oct  7 02:56:00 1982

There is a slight disagreement here concerning the value of a googol.
Does anyone out in net-land know if a googol is:
	a) "ten to the ten to the 2" (1 followed by 100 zeros)
	b) "ten to the ten to the ten" (1 followed by 10 billion zeros)
	c) a monster from rogue
	d) none of the above

Please send replies by mail; results will be posted.
If a significant number of responses differ from the "real" answer, we will
also petition a standards committee to get it changed.

                           thanks in advance
                            Jim McParland
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