Look up: Traceroute

1. Traceroute
   A Unix command that precisely locates a server that is slowing down transmission on the Internet.
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2. Traceroute
   A TCP/IP utility that allows a user to determine if two computers are communicating successfully with each other.
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3. traceroute
   (networking) A TCP/IP utility, originally Unix, which allows the user to determine the route packets are taking to a particular host. Traceroute works by increasing the 'time to live' value of packets and seeing how far they get, until they reach the given destination; thus, a lengthening trail of ...
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4. Traceroute
   Traceroute is a computer program for the Unix platform that attempts to trace the route an IP packet would follow to some Internet host. It traces the route by launching UDP probe packets with a small time to live (ttl) and then waiting for an ICMP 'time exceeded' reply from a gateway.
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5. Traceroute
   `traceroute` is a computer network diagnostic tool for displaying the route (path) and measuring transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol (IP) network. Traceroute is available on most operating systems. On Microsoft Windows operating systems it is named `tracert`. Windows NT-based opera...
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