pingable

pingable

English

Etymology

    From ping + -able.

    Adjective

    pingable (not comparable)

    1. (networking, of a computer) That can be pinged; responsive to pings.
      • 2002, Stephen Northcutt, Judy Novak, Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook:
        Not only were the hop counts believable, but all the source IPs appeared to be alive and pingable...
      • 2002, Barry Raveendran Greene, Philip Smith, Cisco ISP Essentials:
        If the point-to-point addresses are not in the iBGP, the customer point-to-point link will not be pingable, which could be an unacceptable situation...