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title: "What is Ping command?"  
description: "What is Ping command?"  
author: "Deepak Aiyappa"  
published: 2018-10-08  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50266/what-is-ping-command  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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#  What is Ping command?

What is [Ping](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30574/what-is-ping) [command](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/36/what-is-the-use-of-alter-table-command-in-database)?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

In computer network management, a **ping (Packet Internet or Inter-Network Groper)** is simple Internet software that lets a user test and verify if a certain **target IP address** exists and can accept requests. The name was created to match the word used by submariners to describe the sound of a returning sonar pulse. \
Ping is also used for **troubleshooting purposes** to check that a host machine that the user is attempting to contact is up and running. Ping may be used by any **operating system (OS**) that has networking capabilities, including most embedded network administration software. \
**For example,** Windows users may use the command prompt screen (start/run/cmd) to retrieve the dot address for any given domain name, such as 205.245.172.72, by typing ping xxxxx.yyy, where xxxxx is the second-level domain name, such as 'whatis,' and yyy is the top-level domain name, such as 'com.'


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