Is “Ping” a Scrabble word?
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Meaning of Ping
/pɪŋ/
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.A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
“The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.”
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.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.”