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Yandex and stands as an acronym, and as a pun





Word Yandex (Yandex, Yandex) can decrypt and as an acronym: «Yandex» - »Yet Another iNDEXer» (ie, "another indexer"), and as a pun: I am a Russian + English index.

The world's largest registrar of domain names «GoDaddy» initially called himself «Jomax Technologies». Then it would be renamed to «BigDaddy», but the domain was busy



Bob Parsons founded the «GoDaddy» in 1997 under the name «Jomax Technologies».

Two years later, the company decided to change the name to something more memorable, and has announced a contest for its employees. Some of them suggested the name «Big Daddy», which everyone liked, but the domain was busy.

So «Big Daddy» (Big Daddy) transformed into «GoDaddy» (Daddy, forward). Parson liked the name, because it makes people smile.

«Twitter» initially wanted to call the «Status», then «Twitch»



The working title of "Twitter" was «Status». But the founders did not particularly like it, and they turned to the dictionary.

According to Jack Dorsey, they were looking for something that conveys a physical sensation "as if you whisper in the pocket of his friend. It's like whispering to the world ».

"We went through many names, and stopped at the« twitch »(pull), because the phone vibrates when a message arrives. But «twitch» was not quite what we were looking for, that word did not cause relevant associations ».

"And then again we got into the dictionary, watched neighbors« twitch »words stumbled on« twitter »(chirping) and realized that this is exactly what you need.

Company-developer of online games «Zinga» was named Bulldog Mark Pincus



Mark Pincus is so fond of his bulldog, which was named after him his own company.

The name of the search engine «Google» comes from the mathematical term «googol». It is a number in which the unit for the next one hundred zeros



The first version of the name brainchild of Sergey Brin and Larry Page were «Back Rub».

But later it was decided to change the name to «Google», the foundation of which was borrowed from the mathematical term «googol», means the number 10 to the power of 100.

Brin and Page found that word more appropriate to refer to a powerful search system that provides access to a wealth of information.

The name «Yahoo» arose because of "Gulliver's Travels»



This search engine appeared in 1994 under the name "Jerry's Guide on the World Wide Web».

The new name of «Yahoo!» was taken from the book by Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels", which refers to a race of savages stupid Jehu. In addition, «Yahoo!» - more and an acronym that stands for «Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle» or «Another Hierarchical unofficial prophet».

The name «Skype» comes from the expression «sky peer-to-peer»



The original name of «Sky peer-to-peer» («sky" + "on the network from one to another") was reduced to «Skyper». Then disappeared last letter - «r».

The name «Apple» Steve Jobs came up with while working in the apple orchard



According to co-founder of «Apple» Steve Wozniak, "Jobs said," I came up with an elegant name - «Apple Computer». Maybe it's because he worked at an apple orchard. I do not even ask. Maybe this idea prompted him «Apple Records».