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PING Packet Internet Groper (PING) Sources and Online Definitions Web-o-pedia

 

Packet Internet Groper (PING) Ping is a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network. It works by sending ICMP “echo request” packets to the target host and listening for ICMP “echo response” replies. It estimates the round-trip time, generally in milliseconds, records any packet loss, and prints a statistical summary when finished.  To "ping" a host, one can use the command prompt program in the Windows Operating system and type in the command "ping" followed by either the IP address or the DNS of a particular website.

 

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Web-o-pedia

"A utility to determine whether a specific IP address is accessible. It works by sending a packet to the specified address and waiting for a reply. PING is used primarily to troubleshoot Internet connections. There are many freeware and shareware Ping utilities available for personal computers.

It is often believed that "Ping" is an abbreviation for Packet Internet Groper, but Ping's author has stated that the names comes from the sound that a sonar makes."

 

Smart Computing

"PING is a widely used utility for troubleshooting IP (Internet Protocol) address accessibility problems, on the Internet and TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) networks. PING checks the connection using the ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) echo to send a request packet over the network to the IP address, and then it waits for a reply packet. In the field of computer networks, the word “ping” has evolved into a verb, as in “Ping server X to see if it’s up.”

 

PING is distributed as freeware and shareware. It is also packaged in many OSes (operating systems), including Windows 95/98/NT/Me/XP.

 

Although it is generally accepted that PING stands for Packet INternet Groper, its inventor, Michael Muuss, named the utility for the sound a sonar signal makes when it hits a target, saying his inspiration for the program’s design was the concept of echo-location, which he had studied extensively in college. He wrote the PING program, which he described as a 1,000-line hack, in a single evening in 1983 to solve an IP problem while working at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory."

 

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