[ih] A laugh and a question

Jon Snader jsnader at ix.netcom.com
Fri Mar 10 14:17:36 PST 2006


On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 08:15:13AM +1100, Ian Peter wrote:
> But it did lead me to think - what was the origin of the word ping and its
> use in Internet? If anyone has some clues I'd be interested to hear.
> 

Here's the story from the man who invented it:
http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.html

jcs



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