Story behind how Google got its name:
Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the founders of Google. Can you believe that the Google got its name because of a spelling mistake?!When they were studying in Stanford University, they worked on a project report to build a simple online Search engine. Their aim was when someone searched for a keyword; the result should get huge number of sites. In fact, they wished for Googol number of results (Googol represents a number which is 1 followed by 100 zeroes) Therefore they wanted to name it as googol. But when they submitted their project report to an investor, the investor gave a cheque which was payable to ‘Google’ instead of Googol. So that was a spelling mistake.
But Larry and Sergey decided to keep it as Google and that’s how the name came about.
Story behind how Apple got its name:
The founder of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs first worked in an Apple Farm. When he decided to start his business, he joked with his friends that if they did not suggest a name for his company he will then name it as ‘Apple Computers’. Obviously his friends could not come out with a name and hence Steve named it as ‘Apple Computers’.
Story behind how Microsoft got its name:
Bill Gates named Microsoft from two words: “Microcomputer” and “Software”. In year 1975, Bill Gates wrote a letter to his colleague Paul Allen, he wrote as Micro-Soft. But in 1976 they registered the name Microsoft as a single name.
Story behind how Yahoo! got its name:
The first name of Yahoo! was “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web”. In 1994 it changed its name to Yahoo!. YAHOO is the short form of the phrase “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”. This word refers to a barbaric and uncivilized youth. The name was taken from a phrase from Jonathan Swift’s novel, Gulliver’s Travels.
Story behind how Intel got its name:
Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore are the founders of Intel. They wanted to name it as “Moore Noyce”. Later they found that there was another company with that name which ran a group of hotels. Then, they decided to look for another name. Then they were toying with the name ‘More Noise’. They thought, for a semiconductor company this name could be a wrong name. Then for the first year they used ‘NM Electronics’ as their company name. Finally, Intel got its name as a short form of INTegreated ELectorinics.
Story behind how Adobe got its name:
Adobe is the name of a river. One of the founders of Adobe, John Nack, lives in Los Altas in California. This river runs behind his house. This is how Adobe got its name.
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Mohammad Al-Amin 'Nirob'
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