pingability

(1) Ping (aka Packet Internet Groper) is the time, measured in milliseconds, it takes for a network packet to reach an endpoint. Pingability is the verification that an endpoint has received the network packet.

(2) Ability to be pinged. Term used in networking.

I've verified pingability between my workstation and the server.

by r0ckwell June 8, 2009

pingable

adjective: to be able to successfully send a PING (Packet Inter-Network Gopher) to a device in the network and receive a reply from it, proving connectivity from device-to-device through the network.

I knew that the server was back up when I saw that it's IP was pingable.

by BQuisumbing November 16, 2005