To send a signal or make brief contact.
Recently from computer networking, where one computer (usually a client) will send a quick, pointless query to another computer (usually a server) in order to find out if it is still online and see how long the response takes.
Originally from the naval warfare practice of "active sonar" where one ship (usually a surface ship) will send out a given sound or "ping" in order to measure the direction and delay in the "echo" of that sound off of another body (usually a submarine.
Recently from computer networking, where one computer (usually a client) will send a quick, pointless query to another computer (usually a server) in order to find out if it is still online and see how long the response takes.
Originally from the naval warfare practice of "active sonar" where one ship (usually a surface ship) will send out a given sound or "ping" in order to measure the direction and delay in the "echo" of that sound off of another body (usually a submarine.
Can we go to the movie tomorrow?
I don't know... Ping me around eight and we'll see how things are going.
I don't know... Ping me around eight and we'll see how things are going.
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When you use too much discord and hear the discord ping sound at random times even though there is no ping you lonely fuck. This is not a ghost ping (which is real). A phantom ping isn't real and you are imagining it.
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"Awesome yo, that will pick up CHICKS yo dude sup man"
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Get the Nigger Ping-Pong mug.- based on latency & delay intolerance; "pingist remarks"
- discriminatory especially on the basis of PING RESPONSE TIME and/or latency
- a person with a prejudiced belief that his ISP or PING(Packet Inter-Network Groperis) SEEK TIME is superior to that of others
- Pingism has many definitions, the most common and widely accepted being that individuals with the lowest PING seek time in milli-seconds are intrinsically superior to those with higher PINGresponse times.
- discriminatory especially on the basis of PING RESPONSE TIME and/or latency
- a person with a prejudiced belief that his ISP or PING(Packet Inter-Network Groperis) SEEK TIME is superior to that of others
- Pingism has many definitions, the most common and widely accepted being that individuals with the lowest PING seek time in milli-seconds are intrinsically superior to those with higher PINGresponse times.
JON has a ping of 17 ms and STEVE's is 103 ms.
JON doesn't let STEVE play on his server because STEVE's ping time is inferior.
JON is a PINGIST.
Dude, your response time sucks, GTFU!
JON doesn't let STEVE play on his server because STEVE's ping time is inferior.
JON is a PINGIST.
Dude, your response time sucks, GTFU!
by Jonathan G. (Borowa) February 28, 2008
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