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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 for virtually all operating systems that have networking capability, including most embedded network administration software. Ping measures the round-trip time for messages sent from the ...
Ping (blogging) In blogging, a ping is an XML-RPC -based push mechanism by which a weblog notifies a server that its content has been updated. [1] An XML-RPC signal is sent from the weblog to one or more Ping servers, as specified by originating weblog), to notify a list of their "Services" of new content on the weblog.
Google Public DNS is a Domain Name System (DNS) service offered to Internet users worldwide by Google. It functions as a recursive name server . Google Public DNS was announced on December 3, 2009, [ 1] in an effort described as "making the web faster and more secure." [ 2][ 3] As of 2018, it is the largest public DNS service in the world ...
Notifications (commonly called pinging, formerly known as Echo) is a system designed to inform users about new activity on Wikipedia in a unified way. It provides notifications to users for a number of events related to their account, including new talk page messages, edit reverts, mentions or links. It is intended to augment the Watchlist, by ...
There are two different protocols you can choose when setting up a third-party email app: POP or IMAP. POP downloads a copy of your emails from your account (mail.aol.com) to the app. This means that if you delete an email from your account after it's been downloaded, the downloaded copy remains in the app. Additionally, POP only downloads ...
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. Because ICMP can be used to identify the ...
A ping of death is a type of attack on a computer system that involves sending a malformed or otherwise malicious ping to a computer. [ 1] In this attack, a host sends hundreds of ping requests with a packet size that is large or illegal to another host to try to take it offline or to keep it preoccupied responding with ICMP Echo replies. [ 2]
{{hidden ping}} – notifies one or more users without displaying any text {} – links a user's name without triggering the Echo notification system {} – uses "To " (with a space) at the beginning instead of the @ sign {{subst:Ping fix}} – user namespace template used to notify a user that they used {{reply to}} incorrectly