Look up: ping

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   Ping
   Widely available network connectivity test utility, details ...
   Found on http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/p/index.
   
   
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   ping
   [n] - a river in western Thailand 2. [n] - a sharp high-pitched metallic sound 3. [v] - of car engines, when firing too early 4. [v] - make a short high-pitched sound, as of a bullet striking metal 5. [v] - hit with a pinging noise
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   PING
   Packet Internet Groper
   Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab
   
   
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   Ping
   Packet Internet Groper. A utility that forwards data packets to check the quality of a link or verify the connection of a machine to the Internet.
   Found on http://www.tripod.lycos.co.uk/support/gl
   
   
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   Ping
   A tool that verifies connection to one or more remote hosts.
   Found on http://www.oak.co.uk/Support_Glossary.ph
   
   
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   Ping
   (NETWORK GLOSSARY) Packet internet grouper. Refers to the IOMP echo message and its reply. Often used to test the reachablility of a network device.
   Found on http://www.instrument-net.co.uk/newworkg
   
   
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   Ping
   Packet Internet Groper - about the simplest Internet program - it simply sends an 'Are you there?' type message and reports back how long it took - can be useful to see if you can make contact with another machine, e.g. ping gate.demon.co.uk
   Found on http://www.archivemag.co.uk/
   
   
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   ping
   (networking, tool) (ping, originally contrived to match submariners' term for the sound of a returned sonar pulse) A program written in 1983 by Mike Muuss (who also wrote TTCP) used to test reachability of destinations by sending them one, or repeated, ICMP echo requests and waiting for replies. Since ping works at the IP level its server-side is o...
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   ping
   a program useful in testing and debugging local area network/wide area network troubles which sends out an echo and expects a specified host to respond back in a specified time frame Category: News-systems and communications
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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    Ping
    Ping noun [ Probably of imitative origin.] The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91
    
    
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    Ping
    Ping intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pinged ; present participle & verbal noun Pinging .] To make the sound called ping .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91
    
    
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    ping
    noun a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
    
    
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    Ping
    Ping River noun a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
    
    
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    Ping
    `ping` is a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network. It works by sending ICMP `echo request` packets to the target host and listening for ICMP `echo response` replies. ping estimates the round-trip time, generally in milliseconds, and records any packet loss, and prints a statistical summary when finished. `The word `ping` is also frequently used as a verb or noun, where it can refer directl...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping
    
    
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    Ping
    • (n.) The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air. • (v. i.) To make the sound called ping.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
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    Ping
    Ping is a Chinese girl name. The meaning of the name is `Peace` The name Ping doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Ping seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Pin
    
    
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    ping
    To check if a server is running. From the sound that a sonar systems makes in movies, you know, when they are searching for a submarine.
    Found on http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.ht