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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ping \Ping\, n. [Probably of imitative origin.]
The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in
passing through the air.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ping \Ping\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pinged}; p. pr & vb n.
{Pinging}.]
To make the sound called ping.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ping
n : a sharp high-pitched metallic sound
v 1: hit with a pinging noise; "The bugs pinged the lamp shade"
2: of car engines, when firing too early [syn: {knock}]
3: make a short high-pitched sound, as of a bullet striking
metal
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
ping [from the submariners' term for a sonar pulse] 1. n.
Slang term for a small network message (ICMP ECHO) sent by a computer
to check for the presence and alertness of another. The Unix command
`ping(8)' can be used to do this manually (note that `ping(8)''s author
denies the widespread folk etymology that the name was ever intended as
acronym for `Packet INternet Groper'). Occasionally used as a phone
greeting. See {ACK}, also {ENQ}. 2. vt To verify the presence of
3. vt To get the attention of 4. vt To send a message to all
members of a {mailing list} requesting an {ACK} (in order to verify
that everybody's addresses are reachable). "We haven't heard much of
anything from Geoff, but he did respond with an ACK both times I pinged
jargon-friends." 5. n. A quantum packet of happiness. People who
are very happy tend to exude pings; furthermore, one can intentionally
create pings and aim them at a needy party (e.g., a depressed person).
This sense of ping may appear as an exclamation; "Ping!" (I'm happy;
I am emitting a quantum of happiness; I have been struck by a quantum
of happiness). The form "pingfulness", which is used to describe people
who exude pings, also occurs. (In the standard abuse of language,
pingfulness" can also be used as an exclamation, in which case it's a
much stronger exclamation than just "ping"!). Oppose {blargh}.
The funniest use of `ping' to date was described in January 1991 by
Steve Hayman on the Usenet group comp.sys.next. He was trying to
isolate a faulty cable segment on a TCP/IP Ethernet hooked up to a NeXT
machine, and got tired of having to run back to his console after each
cabling tweak to see if the ping packets were getting through So he
used the sound-recording feature on the NeXT then wrote a script that
repeatedly invoked `ping(8)', listened for an echo, and played back the
recording on each returned packet. Result? A program that caused the
machine to repeat, over and over "Ping ... ping ... ping ..." as long as
the network was up He turned the volume to maximum, ferreted through the
building with one ear cocked, and found a faulty tee connector in no time.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
ping
1. {Packet INternet Groper}.
2. To send a message to all members of a {mailing
list} requesting an {ACK} (in order to verify that everybody's
addresses are reachable). "We haven't heard much of anything
from Geoff, but he did respond with an ACK both times I pinged
jargon-friends."
3. A quantum packet of happiness. People who are very happy
tend to exude pings; furthermore, one can intentionally create
pings and aim them at a needy party (e.g. a depressed person).
This sense of ping may appear as an exclamation; "Ping!" (I'm
happy; I am emitting a quantum of happiness; I have been
struck by a quantum of happiness). The form "pingfulness",
which is used to describe people who exude pings, also occurs.
(In the standard abuse of language, pingfulness" can also be
used as an exclamation, in which case it's a much stronger
exclamation than just "ping"!). Opposite: {blargh}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1997-03-10)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
PING
Packet InterNet Groper (ICMP, TCP/IP)
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