pings

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. 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. (Internet) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
   • I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.
5. Latency.
   • "You low ping c**t, you only win cos of your ping!"
     > > And other such insights into why I was winning.2000 November 8, the_mad...@my-deja.com, “HL DM with a low ping.......”, in alt.games.half-life (Usenet)
6. A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.

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