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and ping as well (learnt that from the mastodon thread)!

• medler 3y ago
  Ping was originally named after sonar pings. Then later some guy came up with a weird acronym for a thing he did not invent. We don’t have to acknowledge it as a legitimate acronym. And as far as I can tell, the backronym is not a part of ping man pages, unlike with dig
• ghaff 3y ago
  Never knew that although it seems like the acronym was contrived after the obvious "ping" (as in sonar) was coined.