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 sharewarePing 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.
