Ping

[Gregory]

This term refers to a golf equipment brand, as well as the sound made by striking your glass with a spoon at the dinner table. However, it also has a computer-related meaning. A ping is a test to see if a system on the Internet is working. Pinging a server tests and records the response time of the server. Pinging multiple computers can be helpful in finding Internet bottlenecks, so that data transfer paths can be rerouted a more efficient way. A good way to make sure you do not get disconnected from your dial-up ISP for being idle is to send a ping every 5 minutes or so. There are a number of shareware Ping programs that will do this for you.

[Gregory]

A ping is a signal sent to a host that requests a response. It serves two primary purposes: 1) to check if the host is available and 2) to measure how long the response takes.
A ping request can be performed using a ping command, which is a standard command in most command line interfaces. Several network utilities provide a ping feature, which allows you to ping a server by simply entering the IP address or domain name. Most ping programs send multiple pings and provide and average of the pings at the end.
The ping itself consists of a single packet (often 32 or 56 bytes) that contains an echo request. The host, if available, responds with a single packet as a reply. The ping time, measured in milliseconds, is the round trip time for the packet to reach the host and for the response to return to the sender.
Ping response times are important because they add overhead to any requests made over the Internet. For example, when you visit a webpage the ping time is added to the time it takes a server to transmit the HTML and related resources to your computer. Pings are especially important in online gaming, where events happen in real-time.
While Internet connection speeds can affect pings, ping response time is often directly related to the physical distance between the source and destination systems. Therefore, a fast connection between New York and Tokyo will likely have a longer ping than a slow connection between New York and Philadelphia. Network congestion may slow down pings, which is why pings are often used for troubleshooting.
Slow pings of 167 ms from US to Japan

[Gregory]

A short, high-pitched ringing sound.

[Hina Muqadas]

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