I really want to know what ping is. my friend tells me that it means the amount of kb transfered per second
aka latency. How many milli seconds you are behind the server
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i think its like 1 = .001 or .01 seconds behind the server. the higher the ping, the more fucked you are.
yeh, 1 = 0.001 secondsNaughty_Om wrote:
i think its like 1 = .001 or .01 seconds behind the server. the higher the ping, the more fucked you are.
so it has nothing to do with kilobytes or any sort of byte then
What does 'PING' mean?.-^Jackabo^-. wrote:
I really want to know what ping is. my friend tells me that it means the amount of kb transfered per second
PING is an acronym for 'Packet Internet Groper' (or, sometimes, 'Packet Internet Gopher'). Ping is a basic internet program that lets you verify that a particular IP address exists and can accept requests. Ping is used diagnostically to ensure that a host computer you are trying to reach is actually operating. (For more info and stories on 'PING',
Ping Defined
Ping is a basic Internet program that lets you verify that a particular IP address exists and can accept requests. The verb ping means the act of using the ping utility or command. Ping is used diagnostically to ensure that a host computer you are trying to reach is actually operating. If, for example, a user can't ping a host, then the user will be unable to use the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to send files to that host. Ping can also be used with a host that is operating to see how long it takes to get a response back.
Using ping, you can learn the number form of the IP address from the symbolic domain name. To find out the dot address (such as 205.245.172.72) for a given domain name, Windows users can go to their MS DOS prompt screen and enter: ping xxx.yyy where xxx is the second-level domain name like "whatis" and yyy is the top-level domain name like "com").
Loosely, ping means "to get the attention of" or "to check for the presence of" another party online. Ping operates by sending a packet to a designated address and waiting for a response. The computer acronym was contrived to match the submariners' term for the sound of a returned sonar pulse.
Ping can also refer to the process of sending a message to all the members of a mailing list requesting an ACK (acknowledgement code). This is done before sending e-mail in order to confirm that all of the addresses are reachable.
Another story on the internet about PING goes like this...
PING actually is a meaningless shorthand word that originated from submarine movies where the sonar sends out this beep kind of signal, and we see the circle on the screen getting bigger and hear the "ping" when it hits something and produces an echo. In networking, we send a packet of data to a node (computer) which unconditionally causes that node to return the packet from whence it came. So in the beginning, we nerds would describe this process by saying, "PING Xxx to see if it is alive." (In fact, if you PING from a Sun UNIX workstation, you would get the response, "Xxx is alive," if it received the packet.) Packet Internet Gopher as a definition didn't arrive on the scene until almost the 90's after the term "Gopher" and "Internet" came into use, and the windbags needed (wanted) to sound professional. Now you know the real story about PING...
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