Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square50fedilinkarrow-up1554arrow-down15
arrow-up1549arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareEvil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·24 hours agoIs the response back called a “pong”?
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·23 hours agoI believe it’s technically called an “echo response”, but “pong” is a very common unofficial name for it.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·20 hours agoThat name was already taken in the software world ;)
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 hours agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnip_Gnop
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.
That name was already taken in the software world ;)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnip_Gnop