Answer Posted / madhusoodhanan
A utility to determine whether a specific IP address is
accessible. It works by sending a packet to the specified
address and waiting for a reply. PING is used primarily to
troubleshoot Internet connections. There are many freeware
and shareware Ping utilities available for personal
computers.
It is often believed that "Ping" is an abbreviation for
Packet Internet Groper, but Ping's author has stated that
the names comes from the sound that a sonar makes.
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