"googology" meaning in English

See googology in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Google + -ology. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Google|ology}} Google + -ology Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} googology (uncountable)
  1. (humorous, colloquial) The Internet search engine Google, or the use of it to find out information. Tags: colloquial, humorous, uncountable
    Sense id: en-googology-en-noun-rk~W9LAB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -logy, English terms suffixed with -ology, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Google Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -logy: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Google: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From googol + -logy. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|id=numbers}}, {{suffix|en|googol|logy}} googol + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} googology (uncountable)
  1. The study of large numbers. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: googological
    Sense id: en-googology-en-noun-iq2aJ71Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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