I am going to assume that you didn't read wikipedia for what Ping is first. And define Ping as per my own basic understanding.
So, basically, Ping is a check by a PC to see if a website is responding.
If you Ping google.com for example, PC would send a small packet to Google.cm, and checks how much time does it take for the server to respond, or if it responds at all.
Good Ping time and bad time are subjective. But generally Pings less than 100 ms are very good. Ping doesn't affect Internet speed. But it usually matters in online multiplayer FPS gaming, where you move fast, and want to shoot other player before they shoot you.
So, basically, Ping is a check by a PC to see if a website is responding.
If you Ping google.com for example, PC would send a small packet to Google.cm, and checks how much time does it take for the server to respond, or if it responds at all.
Code:
Pinging www.google.com [74.125.236.84] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.236.84: bytes=32 time=18 ms TTL=250
Reply from 74.125.236.84: bytes=32 time=21 ms TTL=250
Reply from 74.125.236.84: bytes=32 time=20 ms TTL=250
Reply from 74.125.236.84: bytes=32 time=33 ms TTL=250
Ping statistics for 209.85.135.105:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 18ms, Maximum = 33ms, Average = 23msGood Ping time and bad time are subjective. But generally Pings less than 100 ms are very good. Ping doesn't affect Internet speed. But it usually matters in online multiplayer FPS gaming, where you move fast, and want to shoot other player before they shoot you.
You can term the ping time as latency.
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Alakh Niranjan
ping is a utility used on TCP/IP network. In layman terms, it says - Hello Computer X / Hello Website URL / Hello IP Address. If the called computer / website is online then it will respond. This way we know that it is working all right.