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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Ping and Pong? #59837 03/06/02 10:45 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England The term ping comes from the Unix command to "touch" another computer to see if it's there and available on the network. If my home computer is called Hecate (which it is) and I'm at work and I want to know if my computer is on line, I can type (at the OS prompt): "Ping <address> Hecate". Or "Ping 206.155.20.10", which could be my computer's IP (internet protocol) address. If I get a positive response, I can communicate with Hecate from work. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Yer fave (or not) internet word AnnaStrophic 03/05/02 07:38 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word Angel 03/05/02 07:50 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word boronia 03/05/02 08:31 PM Re: Yikes and Dennis jmh 03/05/02 09:55 PM Re: Dennis the Menace's Nemesis Keiva 03/05/02 10:05 PM Re: Dennis the Menace's Nemesis jmh 03/05/02 10:08 PM Re: Dennis the Menace's Nemesis Keiva 03/05/02 10:11 PM Re: Yikes and Dennis Angel 03/05/02 10:09 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word paulb 03/09/02 10:30 AM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word TheFallibleFiend 03/05/02 08:43 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word Capital Kiwi 03/05/02 09:13 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word nancyk 03/05/02 09:42 PM your starter for ten NicholasW 03/06/02 12:03 PM University Challenged Rubrick 03/06/02 01:36 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word wofahulicodoc 03/05/02 11:52 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word of troy 03/06/02 01:20 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word boronia 03/06/02 02:28 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word TheFallibleFiend 03/06/02 03:03 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/06/02 10:02 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word TheFallibleFiend 03/07/02 02:27 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/07/02 07:58 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word Keiva 03/07/02 08:02 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word boronia 03/07/02 08:23 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word wsieber 03/08/02 07:00 AM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word Angel 03/08/02 12:47 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word milum 03/08/02 02:36 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word Anonymous 03/06/02 02:55 PM "The boys I mean are no refined" TheFallibleFiend 03/06/02 04:33 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word tsuwm 03/07/02 04:53 AM Deviation jmh 03/07/02 02:35 PM Re: Pie hole jmh 03/05/02 10:16 PM Snail Mail jmh 03/05/02 10:22 PM Ping and Pong? plutarch 03/06/02 10:10 PM Re: Ping and Pong? Capital Kiwi 03/06/02 10:45 PM Re: Ping and Pong? Jackie 03/07/02 02:52 AM Re: Ping and Pong? consuelo 03/07/02 03:27 AM Re: Ping and Pong? wsieber 03/07/02 06:15 AM Re: Ping and Pong? TheFallibleFiend 03/07/02 01:58 PM LAN of troy 03/07/02 08:43 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/07/02 08:48 PM Re: LAN Capital Kiwi 03/07/02 08:53 PM Re: LAN Keiva 03/07/02 10:26 PM Re: LAN TheFallibleFiend 03/08/02 02:10 PM Re: Ping Rapunzel 03/07/02 01:09 PM Re: Yer fave (or not) internet word NicholasW 03/06/02 12:28 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,367 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 581 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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