ICMP
Question: Where does the network ‘ping’ program get its name?
- the game ping-pong
- the sound of a sonar
- the name Packet InterNetwork Groper
- the author’s last name
Answer: the sound of a sonar
The creator, Mike Muuss, says that he named it after the sound that
a sonar makes, inspired by the whole principle of echo-location.
Add comment March 29th, 2007