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Yahoo!

In computing, search engine for the World Wide Web, based on a catalogue of indexed resources. Yahoo!, for some time the only search engine on the Web, was created at Stanford University by post-graduate students David Filo and Jerry Yang.

The name – from Swift's Gulliver's Travels but found by searching a dictionary – is supposed to stand for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.

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The disc represents the full moon, traditionally the most auspicious time for work and celebration. The disc is set towards the hoist. Effective date: 1 January 1981. >>