Traceroute

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  traceroute
       
          A (typically Unix) {TCP/IP} utility which allows the user to
          determine the {route} {packet}s 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 hosts
          passed through is built up.