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To look up something or someone via a popular computer search engine. The name Google was first recorded for a particular search engine in 1998. Since then it came to be used as a synonym for Web searching, using any search engine available. When asked about her other publications, the author of this book frequently replies, “You can google me.”
Related Terms:
- 🌐 Surf the web
- 💬 Lookup
- 🔎 Search
- 📚 Research
Synonyms:
- Bing it (for the loyalists)
- Yahoo it (if you still live in 2004)
- DuckDuckGo it (for privacy aficionados)
Antonyms:
- 🕰️ Ignorance
- 📕 To research in books (how archaic!)
- 🛏️ Blissful unawareness
Humorous Quotes:
- 🤖 “I google, therefore I am one step ahead of Siri.” - W.T. Wittywords
- 📡 “To Google or not to Google, that is the question answered in 0.56 seconds.” - Digi V. Aries
Proverbs:
- “He who googles, learns twice.”
- “The world is a book and those who Google read more than one page.”
Suggested Literature:
- “The Circle” by Dave Eggers
- “Artificial Unintelligence” by Meredith Broussard
- “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains” by Nicholas Carr
Suggested Movies and Series:
- 🎬 “The Social Dilemma”
- 🎬 “Halt and Catch Fire”
- 🎬 “Black Mirror”
Suggested Songs:
- 🎵 “Technologic” by Daft Punk
- 🎵 “Computer World” by Kraftwerk
- 🎵 “Virtual Insanity” by Jamiroquai
Suggested Poetry:
- 📜 “Bard of Cyberspace” by W.T. Wittywords
- 📜 “Code and Cadence” by Digi V. Aries
### Which of these terms means to look up something on the internet?
- [x] To google something
- [ ] To telephone a friend
- [ ] To write a letter
- [ ] To fly a kite
> **Explanation:** "To google something" means looking it up on a search engine, predominantly Google.
### True or False: Google was first recorded as a search engine in 1988
- [ ] True
- [x] False
> **Explanation:** Google was first recorded as a search engine in 1998, not 1988. In 1988 the closest thing to a search engine was an overly-curious librarian and some heavy encyclopedias.
### Which expression is correct?
- [x] To google it
- [ ] To nokia-nize it
- [ ] To paperclip it
- [ ] To turtle it
> **Explanation:** "To google it" is correct, meaning to look something up on the internet. The others are... well, creative but wrong.
Published by a digital native
Digi V. Aries, 2023
“Always remember: curiosity may kill the cat, but it certainly sharpens the human mind.” 🌟
