The magic that makes Google tick...
Dec 09, 2004
It is one of the largest computing projects on the planet, arguably employing more computers than any other single, fully managed system (we’re not counting distributed computing projects here), some 200 computer science PhDs, and 600 other computer scientists.
And it is all hidden behind a deceptively simple, white, Web page that contains a single one-line text box and a button that says Google Search.