Ping

[Aaron_T]

what exactly does it mean when people talk about ping times etc...

ive never understood what it means could someone possibly explain? :)

[Whizbang]

This technical paper explains it as the time it takes for a sent signal to be returned to the source, the simplest example being sonar from a submarine to an object and back.  Slow ping times restrict Internet gaming on the offending computer.

[Aaron_T]

thank you whiz :)