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History and Founding
Google was founded as a research project at Stanford University by graduate students Page and Brin, who developed an algorithm for ranking web pages based on citation frequency and hyperlink authority. The name "Google" derives from the mathematical term "googol," representing the number $$10^{100}$$, reflecting the founders' ambition to organize an astronomically large volume of information.[^2] The company was officially incorporated on September 4, 1998, with an initial funding round of $25 million from venture capitalists including…