The Number represeNted iN base-teN by a oNe with a huNdred zeroes after it. AccordiNg to Webster' s DictioNary, the Name was coiNed iN 1938 by MiltoN Sirotta, the NiNe-year-old Nephew of AmericaN mathematiciaN, Edward KasNer. See also googolplex. (2001-03-29)