[ale] OT: Re: ping

[Ken Cochran]

>Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:45:02 -0400
>From: "Rev. Johnny Healey" <rev.null at gmail.com>
>To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
>Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Re: ping
>
>
>I was under the impression that PING was a reference to the sound a sonar
>makes.
>
>This is according to the inventor of ping:
>http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.html
>
>-Johnny

I guess this is an example of an acronym that's actually
more descriptive of its definition than is its definition.  :)
The main example I can think of is "spool" (or rather,
"SPOOL") in computer context.  Reference Gary DeWard Brown:
System/370 Job Control Language (& that book's descendants)
- I don't think I'll spill the beans just yet... ;)

-kc