What is Ping as Fast As Possible
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·Techquickie
·2014-05-07
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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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