That "google" is different from "googol" borrowed by founders or Google.
That "googol" is a noun and stands for the figure 1 followed by 100 zeroes
equal to 10100 (see below quote from Wikipedia). The story goes that
Internet search engine Google was named as a play on that number's name. One
wonders, did founders of the company read Ada, or is it a coincidence?
Nabokov's "google" is the verb while the Company's is a noun. 

Around 1920, in order to pique the interest of children, Kasner wanted a
catchy name for a very large number: one, followed by a hundred zeros. On a
walk in New Jersey's Palisades with his nephews, Milton (c. 1911–1980) and
Edwin Sirotta, Kasner asked for their ideas. Nine-year-old Milton suggested
"googol".

Let me mischievously suggest that Google be sued (by whom?) for damages (in
what?). That is unless they agree to popularize VN and "Ada" (do we need
it?).

- George
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