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What does ping mean?

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Noun
  1. A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
  2. (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
  3. (networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
  4. (text messaging) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
  5. (networking) Latency.
Verb
  1. To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
  2. (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
  3. (networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
  4. (networking) To send a network packet to another host and receive an acknowledgement in return.
  5. To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
  6. (colloquial) To flick.
  7. (colloquial, sports, intransitive) To bounce.
  8. (colloquial, sports, transitive) To cause something to bounce.
  9. (colloquial, sports) To call out audibly.
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