Usually means: Network signals for testing connectivity.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. pings: Merriam-Webster
  2. pings: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Pings, pings: Vocabulary.com
  4. Ping's, Pings, pings: Wordnik
  5. pings: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Pings, pings: Wiktionary
  7. pings: Dictionary.com
  8. pings: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. pings: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pings: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pings: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PINGS: Acronym Finder

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Ping)

noun:  A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
noun:  (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
noun:  (networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
noun:  (text messaging, Internet) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
noun:  (networking) Latency.
noun:  (video games) A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
noun:  (Wikimedia jargon) A notification.
verb:  To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
verb:  (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
verb:  (networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
verb:  (by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
verb:  (colloquial) To flick.
verb:  (colloquial, sports, intransitive) To bounce.
verb:  (colloquial, sports, transitive) To cause something to bounce.
verb:  (colloquial, sports) To call out audibly.
verb:  (colloquial) To penalize.
verb:  (ambitransitive, LGBTQ, slang) To trigger a person's gaydar; to look or act obviously homosexual.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A female given name.
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