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Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms
A glossary of computer and Internet terms with definitions that are easy to understand.
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TTL

TTL (Time to Live) is used to describe when a ping is sent to a computer which is then sent to a different computer, like a server. TTL is equal to the number of hops the ping travels to before it returns an attempt failed message.