Ping (networking utility)
Reverted 1 edit by XComhghall (talk): The first instance is the historic Groper backronym and should be capitalized because it is an acronym. The second is not in using wikitext syntax, and regardless it should not be bolded there in the article, see MOS:BOLDING for details.
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}} The [[backronym]] ''Packet Internet Groper'' for |
}} The [[backronym]] ''Packet Internet Groper'' for PING has been used for over 30 years. Muuss says that, from his point of view, PING was not intended as an acronym but he has acknowledged Mills's expansion of the name.{{cite IETF |
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| title = Internet Delay Experiments |
| title = Internet Delay Experiments |
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| rfc = 889 |
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