PINGS
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Definition
noun
- A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.“My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.”
- (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.“The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.”
- A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.“The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.”
verb
- To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.“My car was pinging until my last oil change.”
- (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
- To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.“I'm pinging their server.”
Source: Wiktionary
