Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoTIL the network utility "Ping" was written by a single person in an evening in 1983, and he named it after the sound a submarine sonar makesen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1614
arrow-up1614external-linkTIL the network utility "Ping" was written by a single person in an evening in 1983, and he named it after the sound a submarine sonar makesen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareEvil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·23 days agoIs the response back called a “pong”?
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·23 days agoI believe it’s technically called an “echo response”, but “pong” is a very common unofficial name for it.
minus-squareBig_Boss_77@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoEcho reply, or response, depends where you look
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnip_Gnop
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 days agoThat name was already taken in the software world ;)
Is the response back called a “pong”?
I believe it’s technically called an “echo response”, but “pong” is a very common unofficial name for it.
Echo reply, or response, depends where you look
.gniP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnip_Gnop
That name was already taken in the software world ;)