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Wireshark

networking

Open-source network protocol analyser used for capturing and interactively browsing network traffic.

Pronunciation

Correct

WIRE-shark

/ˈwaɪərʃɑːrk/

Named after a wire (network wire) and a shark — the 'wire' rhymes with 'fire', followed by 'shark' as in the fish.

Source: www.wireshark.org(official docs)

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