Re: Largest digit with a name?

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From: Mick
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 00:00

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In article <4dc4c6$15k@falcon.ccs.uwo.ca>, michaelg@julian.uwo.ca (Michael Glenn) says:
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>What is the largest digit with a name? 
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>eg: million, billion, quadrillion, etc...
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>Can you also include the numerical value
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>eg: 1000 or 100 000  or 1 X 10^4 etc...
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>Michael Glenn
>The University of Western Ontario
>michaelg@julian.uwo.ca
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googol - a number that is equal to 1 followed by 100 zeros.
googolplex - a number that is equal to 1 followed by a googol of zeros,
expressed as (10)^(10^(100))

This according to Webster.

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