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the old name for Yahoo!
When it first started out in 1994 as a simple web directory, Yahoo was named Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web, until being named to what it is now in April, 1994.
Yahoo was originally named "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" after founders Jerry Yang and David Filo.
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Originally known as "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web," the creators of Yahoo! are Jerry Yang and David Filo. Source: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/misc/history.html
Originally known as "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" (contrary to the commonly quoted backronym "Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle"), the creaters of Yahoo! are Jerry Yang and David Filo.
I'm guessing you meant, "When did Yahoo start operations?" as opposed to "When was Yahoo founded?" Yahoo began in January 1994 as "David and Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web". The name was changed to Yahoo in April 1994 and the yahoo.com domain was created on January 18, 1995. So Yahoo was founded in January 1994, but, started operations under the Yahoo name and the yahoo.com domain on January 18, 1995.
In January 1994, Jerry Yang and David Filo were Electrical Engineering graduate students and Stanford University.In April 1994. Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web Was renamed yahoo(Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle) A popular misconception has it that Yahoo is an acronym for "You Always Have Other Options."
The Yahoo TV Guide obviously lists program times and channel numbers, but it also articles, recaps, character and actor bios, and show and channel classifications.
Yahoo! Inc. was named after the term "Yahoo" from Jonathan Swift's book "Gulliver's Travels." Swift used the word Yahoo to represent a brutish and uncivilized creature, which the company founders felt resonated with the internet at the time.
Marissa Mayer, formerly of Google, was named CEO of Yahoo in July 2012.