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pinger
  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.
  6. Examples:
    1. “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.”
      “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.”
      “Tenders are invited for construction and maintenance of road from plassian to pinger, package no.”
ping
  1. A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
  2. (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
  3. (networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
  4. (text messaging) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
  5. (networking) Latency.
  6. Synonyms:
pinging
  1. The sound of a ping.
  2. The act of sending a ping, as by a submarine or over a computer network.
  3. Synonyms:
pingee
  1. (computing) The recipient of a ping (packet sent over a network to determine the presence of a host).
pingings
pingees
  1. plural of pingee
pingers
  1. plural of pinger
  2. Examples:
    1. “Alarms known as pingers that are attached to fishing nets can annoy whales, dolphins and porpoises enough that they swim away to safety.”
      “We have already purchased significant quantities of pingers which deter cetacean by-catch.”
      “The pingers transmit signals year-round, allowing the scientists to collect data even after they have returned home.”
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