Ping vs. Zing: What's the Difference?

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

A brief high-pitched humming or buzzing sound, such as that made by a swiftly passing object or a taut vibrating string.

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.

Liveliness, intensity, or piquancy

See knock.

To make a zing.

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

To move swiftly with or as if with a zing

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

(Informal) To be vivacious or lively

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

To attack verbally; criticize sharply

A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

To strike suddenly.

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

A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string.

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

(slang) A witty insult or derogatory remark.

An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

(uncountable) Zest or vitality.

(networking) Latency.

Pleasant or exciting flavour of food.

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

(intransitive) To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.

(WMF jargon) A notification.

To address a witty insult or comeback to.

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

(onomatopoeia) A high pitched humming sound.

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

Used to acknowledge a witty comeback, a zinger.

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

A brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound;

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

The activeness of an energetic personality

(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;