Ping, Echo, Game terms, HELO, ICMP, Latency, LPB, Network terms, Ping of death, Ping pong

Ping may refer to any of the following:Ping is a utility first developed by Michael Muss in 1983 that is used to verify whether or not a network data packet is capable of being distributed to an address without errors. The ping utility is commonly used to check for network errors. The image is an example of what happens when a ping is sent. The user would first start by using the ping command to...

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Respawn

RespawnAlternatively referred to as pop and spawn, respawn is a gaming term first used in the game Doom to describe a computer or human-controlled character coming back to life after being killed. For human-controlled characters, the respawn rate is often immediate; returning them to a designated spawning point or one of a few randomly generated spots.For computer players and computer generated objects,...

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PunkBuster

PunkBusterSoftware program that helps prevent users from cheating in online games if the user has PunkBuster installed on their computer and is connected to a PunkBuster or PB server. To help prevent players from bypassing or not running PunkBuster, many game servers require your computer to be running...

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Spawn camping / Camper / Exploit / Game terms / Spawn

Spawn campingSpawn camping is a technique used in gaming where a player or team positions themselves next to where players will respawn after dying and then kill them immediately after they spawn. This technique of killing players in games is obviously looked down upon since it gives the opposing players little or no chance to fight back. Related Pages:)Camper, Exploit, Game terms, Spa...

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