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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.

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