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.

Briefly, "the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own." Originally from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, which has a lot more beautiful neologism definitions like this you might enjoy.

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

The sexy sound that the M1 Garand makes when its out of ammo in its magazine

The sound you hear when someone sets off your gaydar.

a virtual "poke" (email, instant message, etc.) usually sent for reminder purposes.

"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.