Hi :) Speculation can provide a lot of amusement. I like Anne-ology's explanation. The real answer is quite good too. So, where did "boot-up" come from? Wasn't that soem engineering term to do with subs too? Regards from Tom :)
--- On Fri, 5/10/12, Felmon Davis <dav...@union.edu> wrote: From: Felmon Davis <dav...@union.edu> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead ... To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Friday, 5 October, 2012, 5:11 On Thu, 4 Oct 2012, anne-ology wrote: > Thanks for this explanation. > > Just thinking ... before the 'phone, folks would ring the doorbell > ... > after the 'phone, folks would ring the > 'phone ... > so I guess ping is the cross between > ring and pc - > interesting that's it's ping rather than p-ring p-ring p-ring ... quotation from "List of computer term etymologies" <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_term_etymologies> 'The author of ping, Mike Muuss, named it after the pulses of sound made by a sonar called a "ping". Later Dave Mills provided the backronym "Packet Internet Groper".' probably better to look things up than speculate. although not sure how reliable wikipedia is. I recall WWII movies where the crew of submarines suffered silently through 'pings' from enemy warships on the surface trying to locate them. F. > > > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Girvin R. Herr > <girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > > >> >> Joel Madero wrote: >> <snip> >> >> >>> A ping is just a quick email (or IRC message, etc...) that says "hey, any >>> updates", some users even just say "ping" in IRC basically saying "hey, >>> you >>> around?" >>> >>> >>> >> <snip> >> Joel, >> "ping", another overloaded word: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Ping<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping> >> >> But those of us in the computer networking field assume: >> >> Ping, a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host >> is reachable across an IP network >> >> Colloquially, it is used as you define it - to send a quick message to >> someone to see what's going on in their life. As in >> "I haven't heard from him for a while - I'm going to ping him to see what >> he's up to." >> Girvin Herr >> >> > > -- Felmon Davis There are no failures at a class reunion. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
