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 ...!houxz!hou5d!hou5e