[AccessD] Ping

On 9 Sep 2003 at 16:35, Drew Wutka wrote:

> A sonar ping and a TCP/IP ping have very similar purposes, so they aren't
> that different at all.  One is just a bit louder! <grin>
> 
One was named after the other :-)

"ping
[from the submariners' term for a sonar pulse] 1. n. Slang term or a 
small network message (ICMP ECHO) sent by a computer to check for the 
presence and alertness of another. The Unix command ping(8) can be   
used to do this manually (note that ping(8)'s author denies the    
widespread folk etymology that the name was ever intended as acronym 
for `Packet INternet Groper')." 
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