Ping (disambiguation)
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ping is a networking tool for computer networks.
Ping may also refer to:
[edit] Technology
- Ping blog, used for blogs, RSS, and related web services
- Ping, a pulse of sound in active sonar
- Ping, the official pronunciation of PNG (Portable Network Graphics), a lossless bitmap image format
- Ping (video games), the network latency seen between a game player's computer and the game server (or another player)
- Ping, in IRC and other chat services, interpreted as "Is there anybody in here?"
[edit] Fictional characters
- Ping, the title character in the children's book The Story about Ping, by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
- Ping, a minor character in Seinfeld
- Ping, a character in the webcomic Megatokyo
- Ping, the character Fa Mulan takes on in the animated film Mulan
- Ping the Elastic Man, a comic strip character who first appeared in 1938
[edit] Slang
- Ping, an undesirable noise caused by improper timing or other issues with internal combustion engines, see engine knocking
- Ping, the noise an M1 Garand makes when it ejects an en-bloc clip
- Ping, in Australian rules football and Australian slang, to get caught by the umpire and be paid a free-kick. See List of nicknames used in Australian Rules.
- Ping, quickly touching base or following up with someone; checking in; getting an update or status.
[edit] Other uses
- Ping, a traditional Chinese unit of area equal to about 3.305 square meters, roughly 36 square feet. Its use is limited to real estate in Taiwan and Japan.
- Ping, an ability in the trading card game Magic: The Gathering
- Ping River, a river in Thailand
- Ping (golf), a brand of golf club
- Ping (band), a band located in Norway [1]
[edit] See also
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