TIL 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 makes

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_(networking_utility)

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snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works

1 month ago

Fun fact, most military ships and submarines use fmcw sonar, that doesn’t really ping in the same way.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world

1 month ago

Fuck My Concurrent Walrus?

SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de

1 month ago

yes. they use the slapping sound of someone on board fucking walruses as the ping sound

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