Question : Ping reply without internet connection

Ping reply without internet connection.

Even when I don't have internet connection from some computers, but if I ping a web site in the internet, for instance cnn.com, yahoo.com or even a website that I have not been to in the past, it still shows :
ping domainname.com [its ipaddress] with 32 bits of data
Request time out
Request time out
Request time out
Request time out

I wonder where it's get the ip address from?

any idea?

Thanks

Answer : Ping reply without internet connection

OK, so client initiates Ping request. Local DNS server forwards request to forwarders, forwarders resolve name to ip and return results to local DNS server.  Local DNS server returns resolved IP to clients, client attempts to connect to resolved IP address but fail because they unable to establish a connection to the host.

I think that's about the jist of it.