The time it takes for a network packet to leave your computer, go to another one, and return. Lower = better. Can also be a source of gloating in network games. Typically measured in milliseconds.
"Dude, your ping is 300. Get the hell off my server before I boot you!"
A term that was used on a submarine to tell the sonar operate to send out a sound wave through water to determine if there were any other submarines nearby.
A quote or saying a raver would use when they are describing their level of high at that moment in the rave or during the pre-rave party. Specifies that one is very high on the drug, MDMA
"Packet Inter-Networking Groper." PING Can be used as a command in MS-DOS. Early computer programmers used this acronym because of it's similarities to a SONAR ping. A computer ping will send a packet of data from one computer to another to measure the time it takes for information to be sent and received. Pinging a computer can also help diagnose problems within networked computer systems.