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What is a pinger?

What is a pinger? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A device that emits a short, high-pitched sound burst, such as in sonar or other echo location systems.
  2. A device that periodically emits a signal that can be monitored to permit movement tracking.
  3. A computer program that sends a ping message over a network.
  4. A user of a ping program; one who pings.
  5. (slang) An illicit drug, especially ecstasy, taken for recreational purposes.
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Examples
We've got a GPS for tracking, and a black box with a pinger so we can find the rocket no matter where it lands.
We couldn't take the boat into the shallows near the reef because our sonar pinger was broken.
Australian ship Ocean Shield was towing a US Navy pinger locator device through the ocean depths off Perth.
In my opinion, the pinger locators are no longer necessary to finding the black box.
The scientist attached a pinger to the carapace of the sea turtle to track its migration.
The second camera run experienced initial difficulties when the second pinger available on the ship turned out not to be an oceanographic pinger but rather a location beacon.

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