Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square61fedilinkarrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareEvil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoIs the response back called a “pong”?
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoEcho reply, or response, depends where you look
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnip_Gnop
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThat name was already taken in the software world ;)
Is the response back called a “pong”?
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
.gniP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnip_Gnop
That name was already taken in the software world ;)