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In computing, traceroute and tracert are diagnostic command-line interface commands for displaying possible routes (paths) and transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol (IP) network.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traceroute | Original author | Van Jacobson | 1.00 | infobox |
| Traceroute | Platform | Unix-like systems | 1.00 | infobox |
| Traceroute | Release | 1987; 39 years ago (1987) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Traceroute | Type | Command | 1.00 | infobox |
| FreeBSD | instance of | generally namedtraceroutein Unix-like systems | 0.80 | text |
| macOS | instance of | generally namedtraceroutein Unix-like systems | 0.80 | text |
| and Linux | instance of | generally namedtraceroutein Unix-like systems | 0.80 | text |
| namedtracertin Windows | instance of | generally namedtraceroutein Unix-like systems | 0.80 | text |
| ReactOS.On Linux | instance of | generally namedtraceroutein Unix-like systems | 0.80 | text |
| tracepath is a utility similar to traceroute | instance of | generally namedtraceroutein Unix-like systems | 0.80 | text |
| with the primary difference of not requiring superuser privileges | instance of | generally namedtraceroutein Unix-like systems | 0.80 | text |
| Traceroute | related to External links | RFC | 0.60 | section |
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