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ping is a method of measuring latency or the time it takes to send and receive a

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packet of data between two devices such as computers on a network a simple

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analogy would be to pretend that the two computers are two people Dick and Jane

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ping would be the amount of time it takes dick to say something to Jane and

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receive a response the lower the Ping time or latency between Dick and Jane

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the more effectively they can communicate as ping times increase the

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time intervals between sending and receiving messages will continue to

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increase until the delays are so long that their communication stops making

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sense altogether low ping times are extremely important in scenarios where

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the timely delivery of information is more important than the quantity of

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information that can be delivered in an online game where two players are

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competing against each other for example the game data things like player models

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maps and textures is stored on the individual PC or console of each

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competitor in order to play against each other the only information that needs to

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be transferred back and forth between the players is simple stuff like the

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location bullet trajectory and updates that are being made to objects on the

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map such as buildings that have been damaged or destroyed in contrast to

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applications like games services like Netflix are not very dependent on low

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ping times in these cases bandwidth or the raw amount of data that can be

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delivered per second is more important to the quality of the experience the

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reason for this is that data is only being sent one way and large buffers or

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chunks of the movie that are pre-downloaded on the Fly can mask many

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issues that would be caused by an inconsistent or not very low latency

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connection so in short you can think of ping like the WhatsApp or Twitter of

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network communication compact messages that are optimized for quick

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communication and coordination between devices in real time another major

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contributor to your online experience is Jitter but that's a topic for another

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video hopefully we'll be able to add a link to it at some point here speaking

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of links head over to audible.com tequ to sign up for audible's monthly

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might ask well I would say you might want a version of The Hobbit by JRR

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Tolen without any extra characters for example you can check that out at

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audible.com tequi I hope you do find a chance to do that in the meantime guys

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