On 10/08/2012 12:21 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > 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 :) I think it comes from "pulling one's self by your boot straps" and comparing that to starting up a power off computer. > > --- On Fri, 5/10/12, Felmon Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Felmon Davis <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] attempting to find an answer and instead ... > To: [email protected] > 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 >> <[email protected]>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 >>> >>> >>
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