ピング送信
解説 Definition
pinging は ping（ピングを送る、通信確認をする）の動名詞・現在分詞です。ネットワーク上の機器に信号を送り、接続や応答を確認する行為を指します。
The act of sending a small network request to a computer or device to check whether it is reachable and responding. It may also refer to repeatedly performing this test during troubleshooting.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
ping に -ing を付けた形で、語末を重ねずそのまま pinging と綴ります。ここではネットワーク機器へ小さな確認信号を送り、応答の有無を調べる行為です。「pinging the server/router」の形と、音の ping が返事を待つ短い呼びかけになったイメージを結び付けましょう。
Start with the base verb ping and add -ing without doubling the final consonant: pinging. In networking, imagine sending a brief electronic “Are you there?” to a server or router and waiting for its reply. This connects the technical meaning with the word’s original suggestion of a short, sharp sound. Learn it in phrases such as pinging the server, pinging the router, and pinging each device. As a gerund, it names the checking activity; as a present participle, it describes someone currently performing it.
例文
Pinging the server helped us confirm that it was online.
サーバーにピング送信することで、稼働中だと確認できました。
The technician kept pinging the router during the test.
技術者はテスト中、ルーターにピングを送り続けました。
Pinging each device revealed which connection was failing.
各機器にピング送信したことで、どの接続に問題があるかが分かりました。
pinging の類義語・関連語
pinging の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ping は金属音の「ピン」という擬音語から来た語で、-ing が付いて『ピンと送ること』を表します。もとは短い反響音の感じから、コンピュータでは相手に小さな信号を送り応答を確かめる意味になりました。関連語は ping, ping-pong。
Ping began as an imitative English word for a short, sharp, ringing sound. In computing, it became the name of a utility that sends a small request to another host and checks for a response, echoing the idea of a signal and its returning sound. Pinging is formed regularly by adding -ing to ping and can function as either a gerund or a present participle.
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