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Internet Control Message Protocol

core protocol of the Internet Protocol suite, mainly used on IPv4 networks to indicate error messages in network operations
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Summary

Internet Control Message Protocol is a computer network protocol[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of computer network protocol entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,154 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Followed by: Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6[3]
  • Part of: Internet protocol suite[4]
  • Commons category: ICMPv4[5]
  • Inception: 1981[6]
  • Described by source: RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol[7], RFC 777: Internet Control Message Protocol[8], RFC 4884: Extended ICMP to Support Multi-Part Messages[9], RFC 6633: Deprecation of ICMP Source Quench Messages[10], RFC 6918: Formally Deprecating Some ICMPv4 Message Types[11], RFC 1788: ICMP Domain Name Messages[12], RFC 2521: ICMP Security Failures Messages[13]
  • Used by: Ping (networking utility)[14], traceroute[15], networking hardware[16]
  • Port: 1[17]
  • OSI Model layer location: network layer[18]

Why It Matters

Internet Control Message Protocol has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Protocol Numbers. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Protocol Numbers. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osdev article id → 2979
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Osdev article id: 2979, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/299327017|Internet Control Message Protocol (#299327017)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8178|"
  2. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → BjVxr
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37444|batch #37444]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (P14541) 2"
  3. 18w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → Internet+Control+Message+Protocol
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Foldoc id: ICMP, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/f6585e22ab8ad/|details]])"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6
    Instance of → computer network protocol
    Part of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 14439, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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