Google is a multinational technology corporation founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. Primarily renowned for its powerful search engine, which handles billions of queries each day by indexing and retrieving vast amounts of online content, Google has revolutionized how people access information worldwide. The company offers an extensive ecosystem of products and services, including email via Gmail, navigation through Google Maps, video sharing on YouTube, the Android mobile operating system, and productivity tools like Google Docs. Additionally, Google provides cloud computing solutions and artificial intelligence advancements. As a verb, "to google" means to search for something on the internet using this engine. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Google operates under its parent company, Alphabet Inc., with a mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Its innovations have significantly influenced digital culture, privacy discussions, and global connectivity.