Why fing?

Pooh

I love the name, but I have always wondered, why "fing"? Is it as simple as a derivation of "thing" or is there another deeper meaning? @VioletChepil are you privy to this?

marco_from_fing

@RichardJansma got it right: it started as F(ind) and p(ING). Little we knew that the name was going to stick for so long. 
Did you try to translate it from hungarian? 

Gidster

marco_from_fing said:

@RichardJansma got it right: it started as F(ind) and p(ING). Little we knew that the name was going to stick for so long. 
Did you try to translate it from hungarian? 

Also, David Walliams has stolen a lot of search traffic recently with his new book:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fing-David-Walliams/dp/0008342571/

kltaylor

Well, it's better than Bing (ducking)

Marc

I was thinking its a play on the term Ping, which is a command used to see if a device is on a network and responding.

Pooh

@marc speaking of Ping: This is quite old now, but you ever see this terrific book review from the year 2000 on The Story about Ping? 

Marc

@Pooh , I used to read that to my kids when they were little.  Brings back memories.. 

RichardJansma

I think it’s a combination of F(ind) and p(ING)...

like finding devices as a reaction like a ping...

yours sincerly,

richard jansma

Hypnotist, master magnetist, Dataist & Believer of future technology!

VioletChepil

I believe this was chosen because it is a combination of FAST and PING -> FING.
@marco_from_fing or @Carlo_from_Fing anything to add in? (They are the founders and inventors of Fing).

VioletChepil

Well I learned something new today! Thanks @marco_from_fing

Gidster

I, for one, am glad we left out the apostrophe!

Pooh

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