ping

See also pīng, píng, and pìng

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɪŋ/, X-SAMPA: /pIN/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Noun

ping (plural pings)

1. 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.

2. (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.

3. (networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.

   The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.

4. (text messaging, Internet) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

   I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.

Translations

A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound

• Finnish: kilahdus

A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound

A packet which a remote host is expected to echo

• Marathi: पिंग (mr) (piṃga) m

An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement

• Finnish: kilahdus

See also

• beep
• peep
• ping pong
• ACK
• heartbeat

Verb

ping (third-person singular simple present pings, present participle pinging, simple past and past participle pinged)

1. To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

   My car was pinging until my last oil change.

2. (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
3. (networking) 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.

   The server pings its affiliates periodically.

4. (networking) To send a network packet to another host and receive an acknowledgement in return.

   I can't ping their server: perhaps it's been switched off.

5. To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.

   I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim.

6. (colloquial) To flick.

   I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.

7. (colloquial, sports, intransitive) To bounce.

   The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back.

8. (colloquial, sports, transitive) To cause something to bounce.
   • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, BBC:

     Charging through the Bolton midfield to find a free moment, Essien then pinged the ball into the space into which Drogba was intelligently running.

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   • 2011 Septembe 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, BBC Sport:

     However, after an inside pass from Moody to Tom Croft and a surge from the England blind-side, number eight James Haskell was eventually pinged from in front of the posts for not releasing.

Translations

To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound

• Finnish: kilahtaa (fi)

To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects

• Finnish: kaikuluodata

To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present

• Catalan: pinguejar (ca)
• Dutch: pingen (nl)

• Finnish: pingata (colloquial)

To ping and receive an acknowledgement

To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response

To flick

To bounce

• Finnish: kimmota (fi)

To cause something to bounce

• Finnish: kimmottaa

See also

• poll networking

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Mandarin

Romanization

ping

1. Nonstandard spelling of pīng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of píng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pìng.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Chinese speech without tone markings fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, e.g. using syllables such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.