okay... what the [Beep!] is a ping!? We recently got Broadband and thank the gods above that we have a fire wall because you have No Idea how many attempts have been made to hack this computer [nothing here anyways]. But one thing we don't understand is the 'Ping'. Being a high school student, it is Vaugly familier... I'm pretty darn sure it's bad... but I can't remember what it is!!! help? I ain a techie, nor do I wanna be... but we had like over one hundred attempts in two hours one day, and my dad's drumming his fingers and giving me the hard glare because that was my time... and I don got a clue where it could have come from!

What is a Ping? is all I'm asking for those of you who don feel like reading the essay above.