Ginor

Numbers do not have to run out of names.

Ginor is a deterministic, reversible naming system for enormous numbers. Start at ginorillion and move through an expanding sequence of names to see what each one represents.

Explore the scale

Interactive scale

Move beyond ginorillion.

Every step to the right increases the inner exponent by one power of ten. The name is generated from the same reversible grammar used by Ginor.

Ginor name
1 ginorillion
step 1
Exact symbolic value
10^(10^4)
That is 1 followed by 10,000 zeros
Decimal digits 10,001
Inner exponent 10^4
10^100

Googol

A 1 followed by 100 zeros.

10^(10^4)

Ginorillion

A 1 followed by 10,000 zeros.

10^(10^100)

Googolplex

A 1 followed by a googol zeros.

How it works

A name is an address, not an approximation.

01

Conventional names first

Million, billion, trillion and the extended -illion system are used while they remain practical.

02

Then Ginor keeps going

A pronounceable syllable grammar creates deterministic names beyond the practical conventional horizon. The mapping is reversible.

03

The naming space can fold

When a naming set itself needs another level, Ginor can move the same value into a higher fold. The number does not change; only its naming coordinate does.

Naming folds

Same number. Different naming set.

Select a fold depth to see the current slider value re-addressed inside a higher Ginor naming set. Folding does not make the number larger.

Name in this fold
ginorillion
Value remains 10^(10^4)

The first Ginor name

Ginorillion marks the beginning of the custom horizon.

The name was chosen in memory of Gino: a starting point for a system designed so there can always be another step, another name and another horizon.