nodequery
nounUK /ˈnəʊdˌkwɪəri/
US /ˈnoʊdˌkwɪri/
A nodequery is a question you ask a computer to find a special point in a network.
The program sent a nodequery to check if the server was still online.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A command that asks a system to report information about a connected device.
She typed a nodequery to see how many machines were active.
3. A search request sent to a specific point in a data structure.
The database answered the nodequery in milliseconds.
4. A tool or function used to test whether a node responds.
The engineer ran a nodequery to confirm the router was reachable.