Ping vs. Pinger: What's the Difference?

A sharp, high-pitched sound, as that made by a bullet striking metal.

A device used underwater to produce pulses of sound, as for an echo sounder or a locator device.

A protocol that sends a message to another computer and waits for acknowledgment, often used to check if another computer on a network is reachable.

A device that emits a short, high-pitched sound burst, such as in sonar or other echo location systems.

See knock.

A device that periodically emits a signal that can be monitored to permit movement tracking.

To make a sharp, high-pitched, metallic sound.

A computer program that sends a ping message over a network.

To test the connectivity of (a computer) to a network by using the ping protocol

A user of a ping program; one who pings.

(Informal) To reach out to (someone), as by text message or email, to establish or maintain communication

(slang) An illicit drug, especially ecstasy, taken for recreational purposes.

A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

A pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar

(submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.

(networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.

An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

(networking) Latency.

(video games) A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.

(WMF jargon) A notification.

To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

(submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.

(networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.

(by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.

(colloquial) To flick.

To bounce.

To cause something to bounce.

To call out audibly.

To penalize.

The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.

To make the sound called ping.

A river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya

A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

Hit with a pinging noise;

Sound like a car engine that is firing too early;

Make a short high-pitched sound;

Contact, usually in order to remind of something;

Send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active;