Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoTIL the network utility "Ping" was written by a single person in an evening in 1983, and he named it after the sound a submarine sonar makesen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1634arrow-down16
arrow-up1628arrow-down1external-linkTIL the network utility "Ping" was written by a single person in an evening in 1983, and he named it after the sound a submarine sonar makesen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square61linkfedilink
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·17 days agoI believe it’s technically called an “echo response”, but “pong” is a very common unofficial name for it.
minus-squareBig_Boss_77@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoEcho reply, or response, depends where you look
I believe it’s technically called an “echo response”, but “pong” is a very common unofficial name for it.
Echo reply, or response, depends where you look