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  2. ping (networking utility) - Wikipedia

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    ping is a computer network administration software utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It is available in a wide range of operating systems – including most embedded network administration software.

  3. Network utility - Wikipedia

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    vnStat, useful command to monitor network traffic from the console. vnstat allows to keep the traffic information in a log system to be analyzed by third party tools. Other network utilities include: netstat, displays network connections (both incoming and outgoing), routing tables, and a number of network interface and network protocol ...

  4. Computer network - Wikipedia

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    An internetwork is the connection of multiple different types of computer networks to form a single computer network using higher-layer network protocols and connecting them together using routers. The Internet is the largest example of internetwork. It is a global system of interconnected governmental, academic, corporate, public, and private ...

  5. Ping - Wikipedia

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    Ping (networking utility), a computer network monitoring tool; Ping (video games), the network latency between computers used in online gaming; Mention (blogging), a reference to a user profile, especially called a "ping" when this delivers a notification sound; Ping.fm, a defunct microblog social network; iTunes Ping, a social network for ...

  6. Paping - Wikipedia

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    Paping (pronounced pah ping) is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network and to measure the time it takes to connect to a specified port. The name is a play on the word ping, another computer network administration utility.

  7. Network packet - Wikipedia

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    In telecommunications and computer networking, a network packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-switched network. A packet consists of control information and user data; [ 1 ] the latter is also known as the payload .

  8. Round-trip delay - Wikipedia

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    RTT is a measure of the amount of time taken for an entire message to be sent to a destination and for a reply to be sent back to the sender. The time to send the message to the destination in its entirety is known as the network latency, and thus RTT is twice the latency in the network plus a processing delay at the destination. The other ...

  9. Lag (video games) - Wikipedia

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    Ping time is the network delay for a round trip between a player's client and the game server as measured with the ping utility or equivalent. Ping time is an average time measured in milliseconds (ms). [citation needed] The lower one's ping is, the lower the latency is and the less lag the player will experience.