_.-In rec.food.cooking, elaine wrote the following -._
> Being relatively new to news groups, I would see this Ping thing and wonder
> what it meant. Now I know (I think). -- it's a question directed at a
> specific person.

The orgin of ping:
http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.html

If you see a word/char_string you don't know just google for it.
The two best ways: "jargon $SOME_STRING" or "define: $SOME_STRING"

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