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ping (it, verb)

English translation: to send a ping command

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English term or phrase:ping (it, verb)
Selected answer:to send a ping command
Entered by: Klaus Herrmann

19:17 May 17, 2002
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / IT, networking
English term or phrase: ping (it, verb)
"The ICMP Ping address should be an IP address that will be pinged continuously."

I am translating this text into Hungarian, where "ICMP Ping" is used without translation. But I have no idea about "ping" as a verb in this context.
Csaba Ban
Hungary
Local time: 01:21
ICMP ping
Explanation:
Ping is a short, contentless message which is sent to station at the given IP address. The station acknowledges the reception of this command, thus establishing that the station is on-line.

Ping is just one of a series of the Internet Control Message Protocol, short ICMP.

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Note added at 2002-05-17 19:30:11 (GMT)
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Sorry, I didn\'t really address the verb question - as for \'to ping\', I\'d paraphrase this, e.g. \'to send a ping command\'. That\'s how I handle this word in German.

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Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 01:21
Grading comment
Danke sehr für die Erklaerung
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4 +3ICMP ping
Klaus Herrmann


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ICMP ping


Explanation:
Ping is a short, contentless message which is sent to station at the given IP address. The station acknowledges the reception of this command, thus establishing that the station is on-line.

Ping is just one of a series of the Internet Control Message Protocol, short ICMP.

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Note added at 2002-05-17 19:30:11 (GMT)
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Sorry, I didn\'t really address the verb question - as for \'to ping\', I\'d paraphrase this, e.g. \'to send a ping command\'. That\'s how I handle this word in German.



Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 01:21
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 147
Grading comment
Danke sehr für die Erklaerung

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Endre Both
11 mins
agree  Attila Piróth: When building a supercomputer, we used to use ping commands when the communication system was inactive to wake it up.
14 mins
  -> Yep, the ping command really is a multi-purpose tool - it's also used in DoS attacks...
agree  jand: "to ping" in comp sci jargon means basically to check if someone or something is functioning or awake or able to respond. the ping command is the most common use, but not the only one; ref. the Jargon File (http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/)
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