google using names of pre-existing things

you would think google having a mission statement of "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" they could avoid accidentally reusing a name that is still in use for other technologies.

so, maybe they're doing it intentionally?

gemini

gemini protocol - 2019

google's gemini AI - 2023

go/gopher

go board game - 500 BC

gopher protocol - 1991

golang gopher - 1999 (was adopted after golang came into existence)

an "unfortunate" non-google-related language - 2003

golang itself - 2007

gfs

global file system - 1990

google file system - 2003

global file system 2 - 2005 (this came after google, but it is what I was looking for when google showed up in my search results)

chrome

Chrome_(Mozilla) - 1997

google chrome - 2008

handful of other computer related things called chrome