Packet Loss
Packet loss is the percentage of network packets that fail to reach their destination.
Even small packet loss degrades performance and reliability: slow loads, dropped connections, choppy calls. Ping-based monitoring measures loss alongside latency to spot network trouble before it becomes an outage.
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Related terms
ICMP / PingICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) is the network protocol behind "ping", a simple echo request used to check whether a host is reachable and how long it takes to respond.LatencyLatency is the delay between sending a request and receiving a response, usually measured in milliseconds.JitterJitter is the variation in latency over time, how much the delay between packets fluctuates.
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