[Psycho_Bunny]

I guess I could have explained more:  it comes from a network command used to test the response from another computer.  It's sort of "Are you there?  If you're there give me some feedback."

If you open a Command Prompt and type PING <any web address or domain name> you will get an answer from the computer - provided PING responses are enabled on it.

C:\PING www.novell.com

Pinging www.novell.com [130.57.4.27] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 130.57.4.27: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=50
Reply from 130.57.4.27: bytes=32 time=77ms TTL=50
Reply from 130.57.4.27: bytes=32 time=91ms TTL=50
Reply from 130.57.4.27: bytes=32 time=69ms TTL=50

Ping statistics for 130.57.4.27:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 69ms, Maximum = 91ms, Average = 79ms

C:\

[krunkygirl]

thanks Bunny--i understood 'ping' as it is used here at FR but did not know it had a "real world" origination--interesting