Definitions
send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active
Word origin
Partly onomatopoeic, and partly continuing Middle English pingen (“to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge, feel remorse, incite”), from Old English pyngan (“to prick”), in turn likely from pungere. Compare English pang.
Used in a sentence
“My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.”
“With a sudden ping, there was a rabbit there in the black labyrinth with him[.]”
“The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Network test signal”4 letters
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