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Secret meaning behind ‘Google’s name leaves internet users shocked

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Did they Google it?

Google might be one of the most popular search engines on earth, but many people are just discovering how it got its unusual name.

The title’s etymology has come to light via a resurfaced post on the forum platform Quora, in which a user inquired: “Is Google an acronym?”

This prompted a range of theories regarding the name origins of the company, which was founded by computer scientists Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 1998 while they were PhD students at Stanford University.

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