The English language has been Googled.It’s fairly obvious to most folks nowadays that Google has successfully infiltrated many aspects of modern life, from its hand in shaping the ever-changing Internet landscape, to the way its many ad-based services are altering the business world and its effect on how everyday people access information. Indeed, one would need to be abnormally sheltered to have no awareness of the world’s leading search engine and its more publicized happenings.On Thursday, Google’s uber-company status went one step further when Merriam-Webster announced that it will add the word “Google” to its next hardbound dictionary as a transitive verb meaning “to use the Google search engine to obtain information … on the World Wide Web,” according to the San Jose Mercury News. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe The definition of the word “Google” is already available on Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary. The dictionary entry also includes a pronunciation key, and common usage and etymology information for the word.Appropriately, it sits atop a list of Ads by Google. Related Links: The Enterprise Gets Googled eBay Bars Use of Google Checkout Google: Bill Could Lead to Antitrust ComplaintsCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content feature The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far In 2022, the big AI story was the technology emerging from research labs and proofs-of-concept, to it being deployed throughout enterprises to get business value. This year started out about the same, with slightly better ML algorithms and improved d By Maria Korolov Sep 21, 2023 16 mins Machine Learning Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence opinion 6 deadly sins of enterprise architecture EA is a complex endeavor made all the more challenging by the mistakes we enterprise architects can’t help but keep making — all in an honest effort to keep the enterprise humming. By Peter Wayner Sep 21, 2023 9 mins Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy Software Development opinion CIOs worry about Gen AI – for all the right reasons Generative AI is poised to be the most consequential information technology of the decade. Plenty of promise. But expect novel new challenges to your enterprise data platform. By Mike Feibus Sep 20, 2023 7 mins CIO Generative AI Artificial Intelligence brandpost How Zero Trust can help align the CIO and CISO By Jaye Tillson, Field CTO at HPE Aruba Networking Sep 20, 2023 4 mins Zero Trust Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe