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Q188876
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computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host
Key facts
- Original author
- Mike Muuss
- Developers
- Various open-source and commercial developers
- Initial release
- 1983 ; 43 years ago ( 1983 )
- Platform
- Cross-platform
- Type
- Command
- License
- Public-domain , BSD , GPL , MIT
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Ping iputils screenshot.png
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- inception
- 1983-12-01
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/ping
- Commons category
- Ping (software)
- publication date
- 1983-12-00
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Article
Ping is a network management software utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It is available in a wide range of operating systems.
Ping measures the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer that are echoed back to the source. The name comes from active sonar terminology that sends a pulse of sound and listens for the echo to detect objects under water.
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