'PING' definitions:
Definition of 'Ping'
(from WordNet)
noun
A river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya [syn: Ping, Ping River]
noun
A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
verb
Hit with a pinging noise; "The bugs pinged the lamp shade"
verb
Sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded" [syn: pink, ping, knock]
verb
Make a short high-pitched sound; "the bullet pinged when they struck the car"
verb
Contact, usually in order to remind of something; "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing"
verb
Send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active; "ping your machine in the office"
Definition of 'Ping'
From: GCIDE
- Ping \Ping\, n. [Probably of imitative origin.] The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ping'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'ping'
From: GCIDE
- backfire \backfire\, back fire \back fire\
- 1. A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. (a) A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in a direction reverse to that in which it should travel; also called a knock or ping. (b) an explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] Backfire
Acronyms for 'ping'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Packet InterNet Groper (ICMP, TCP/IP)