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What Is Yahoo!?
Yahoo the complex internet organism has complicated name. Word "Yahoo" is shortcut for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle". It was coined by PhD candidates at Stanford University: David Filo and Jerry Yang.
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very informative ,otherwise would never came to know th meaning of th most trusted helpful website
kiran at at 01:33PM, Mar 16th 2009.
one more place of informity?
Mikki... at at 06:33PM, Apr 14th 2009.
I never knew that was what Yahoo stood for. Always thought it was just a sound people made for joy
debrain at at 07:09PM, Apr 18th 2009.
feeling great to know.. i could never thought yahoo might stand for some abbreviation
preetee at at 07:30AM, Feb 5th 2010.
Ya! who?
vvk shrma at at 05:07AM, Apr 16th 2010.
I finally now know what Yahoo stands for..
Mythreyi at at 07:55PM, Jun 15th 2010.
Yahoo is a mythical creature from Gulliver's Travels
Natalia at at 06:19PM, Jul 1st 2010.
i was thinking that it's just a word. Never expected that its an abbrevation.
Tarang at at 06:07AM, Dec 8th 2010.
thanx 2 reality
rohit at at 12:56PM, Jan 15th 2011.
Real thanks to Reality for giving this valuable knowledge
MUTHU V at at 11:52AM, Mar 12th 2011.
i thought it was an yelling sound in a merrymood
salilankk at at 07:33PM, Jun 4th 2011.
u ppl r toking abt wales..hahaha...u noe england da entire country is weird....
Murtaza at at 05:11AM, Jul 7th 2011.
Please wait...