What is a Googol?
Googol = ![]()
10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.
Googolplex =
(pages and pages of zeros...)

Named their headquarters Googleplex.
Sources:
Wolfrum Mathworld. Googol. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Googol.html (accessed March 1, 2007).
Google Corporate Information: Culture. http://www.google.com/corporate/culture.html (accessed March 1, 2007).