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ping

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. 2 (qualifier: submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels. 3 (context networking English) A packet which a remote ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
backfire \backfire\, back fire \back fire\ A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel. A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost) is a free software Linux -based live CD ISO image built upon the Partimage and Linux From Scratch (LFS) projects for disk cloning or backup purposes. The software supports most hardware platforms using Parallel ATA , Serial ...

Usage examples of ping.

PING SLATTERLY, still out of sight behind the glare of the acetylene light, was emitting a gloating chuckle.

Ping Slatterly thought of that fact with relish as he ignited the strong acetylene torch which was to play so important a part in this raid.

He fired two shots at Lo Manto, the first smashing through the side window of a parked VW Beetle, the second pinging off the bottom end of a fire hydrant.

To be blunt, Marilyn and I made smiles, after a desperate painting session in which I marouflaged canvases onto wood for future masterpieces and laid my first touches on the Song Ping.

Sooner or later, someone was going to notice Parity is missing from the hallway and find Ping tied up.

Or had the cultists found Ping and Parity, freed them and fled, setting off the bomb to cover their tracks.

The last time we pinged, I bet we had him at periscope depth and he ducked down deep while we came over.

It pinged out again with the shark tooth wave pattern and went silent, hearing the return waveform and perceiving the target in three dimensions.

The BE sonar set pinged and listened to the return on the ocean bottom.

We can still hear the Natya pinging, nearing one-eight-six, and her blade count is now about fifteen knots, too.

The torpedo automatically went to continuous pinging, increasing to maximum speed as it homed in on its target like the remorseless robot it was.

Four helicopters were dropping sonobuoys in hope of reacquiring it, and a half-dozen sonars were pinging away, but so far it looked as though the submarine had evaded the angry escorts.

All three ships were pinging at the bottom, looking for a dead submarine.

The submarine dove to a thousand feet and cruised toward the precise midpoint between a pair of pinging buoys.

It was plotted anyway, as the submarine took nearly an hour to reach the second line of pinging buoys.