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It bugs me a bit that "ping" has got into general use. eg "Ping me with an email later".
by ape4 10y ago
It bugs me a bit that "ping" has got into general use. eg "Ping me with an email later".
- bramblerose 10y ago'Ping' (the word) is older (as in: 1835 old) than the 'ICMP Ping'.
- 13of40 10y agoI always thought it came from old fashioned submarine sonar. What would it have meant in 1835?
- Programmatic 10y agoIt referred to a "high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound" (the bullet pinged off his helmet). SONAR uses noises that sound similar, so SONAR emanations became pings and then it became associated with echo/response at that point.
- accounthere 10y agoI thought it came from ping pong. As in you send a "ping" and it responds with a "pong".
- awqrre 10y agoreminds me of mIRC's "Ping? Pong!" events...
- gumby 10y agoMight not bother you if you could convince yourself that it isn't a metaphorical reference to ping(8) but instead was a reference to a sonar ping, or tossing a pebble at a tank to see how full it is -- to former being where the program got its own name in the first place!