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(1) See also PNG and ping service. (2) See blog ping. (3) (Ping) A music-centric social networking feature added to iTunes for both desktop computer and iDevice users. It enables users to...

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Definition: ping

(1) See also PNG and ping service.

(2) See blog ping.

(3) (Ping) A music-centric social networking feature added to iTunes for both desktop computer and iDevice users. It enables users to follow artists, establish a friends network to share music interests, view album charts and locate concerts. See iTunes.

(4) (Packet INternet Groper) An Internet utility used to determine whether a particular IP address is reachable online by sending out a packet and waiting for a response. Ping is used to test and debug a network as well as see if a user or server is online.

Are You There?
"Can you ping the server?" means typing ping xx.xx.xx.xx at the command line. The xx's are the four numbers in the dotted decimal IP address used to identify IP clients and servers. If the request times out, the address cannot be reached. A ping utility also typically supports DNS name resolution, and the domain name may be used. For example, ping www.computerlanguage.com would yield the same results as typing in the correct numeric address. See IP address, ICMP and DNS.

Ping Me!
The term was coined when submarines first used sonar to detect enemy ships. A pinging sound was heard in the headset when a signal reflected back from an object in the water.

Ping is geekspeak for "call" or "get in touch." "Ping me at home" means "call me at home." It is also used to mean sending or transmitting a short burst of data; for example, "the GPS transmitter pings the satellite every few seconds."



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    Google launches the Google +1 button in order to participate in the social media landscape, but are they wasting their time?

    Blog posts | June 29, 2011 2:27pm PDT

  • Apple launches iTunes Ping, forgets the spam filters

    Comment spam is an increasing nuisance, but security firm Sophos notes that Apple didn't consider the problems when it launched Ping. Simply put, Ping lacks spam and URL filtering.

    Blog posts | September 3, 2010 7:21am PDT

  • Canonical to kick off tracking of Ubuntu installations

    Canonical is to begin tracking Ubuntu installations by sending a quick "I am alive" message to Canonical on a daily basis.

    Blog posts | August 10, 2010 10:31am PDT

  • Why Satellite Internet service is so slow

    I was reading in the news today about an experimental geosynchronous communications satellite being launched by Japan and I got to wondering about why Satellite Internet service has such...

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  • Why Google should give up on social

    Google launches the Google +1 button in order to participate in the social media landscape, but are they wasting their time?

    Blog posts | June 29, 2011 2:27pm PDT

  • Zuckerberg: Facebook blocked Ping over data reciprocity

    Zuckerberg on Ping: "we want to have an understanding that you won't just import our data..."

    Blog posts | November 16, 2010 8:03pm PST

  • Twitter, Apple partner to "share" music (previews and links) via Ping

    Twitter and Apple partner to bring music previews and links to buy tracks via Ping, the new iTunes social network.

    Blog posts | November 11, 2010 11:52am PST

  • Apple launches iTunes Ping, forgets the spam filters

    Comment spam is an increasing nuisance, but security firm Sophos notes that Apple didn't consider the problems when it launched Ping. Simply put, Ping lacks spam and URL filtering.

    Blog posts | September 3, 2010 7:21am PDT

  • Some spam with your Ping?

    Say what you will about the new social features that Apple baked into its venerable iTunes software, most would agree that it has a lot of potential. But Ping's suffering from some growing pains...

    Blog posts | September 3, 2010 5:00am PDT

  • iTunes 10 gets social with Ping

    Apple announces iTunes 10, available immediately, which comes with a new logo and a social music service called Ping that lets you see what your friends are listening to and make comments and...

    Videos | September 1, 2010 2:37pm PDT

  • Ping: Apple should leave social to Facebook, Twitter

    Ping, a social network described as Facebook and Twitter meeting iTunes, was launched today. But will people really go to iTunes to be social?

    Blog posts | September 1, 2010 11:39am PDT

  • Canonical to kick off tracking of Ubuntu installations

    Canonical is to begin tracking Ubuntu installations by sending a quick "I am alive" message to Canonical on a daily basis.

    Blog posts | August 10, 2010 10:31am PDT

  • Botnet sends fake SSL pings to CIA, PayPal, others

    In attempt to hide the location of its command-and-control server, the Pushdo botnet has been instructing its infected zombie computers to send fake SSL connections to major Web sites.

    News items | February 1, 2010 2:20pm PST

  • Seesmic buying Ping.fm social update service

    Seesmic, which makes Twitter and Facebook access apps, is buying Ping.fm, a service for updating multiple social services at the same time. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed.

    News items | January 4, 2010 8:54am PST

  • Bing and Ping (but not on Windows Live)

    Microsoft's Bing team is working on a new sharing feature, known as Bing & Ping, that will allow Bing searchers to share their findings with a few clicks. But at least so far, the feature is only...

    Blog posts | September 3, 2009 1:33pm PDT

  • Google OpenID's it up with Google Apps

    Google has announced that users can now sign into third party websites (that implement the Google's OpenID Federated Login API) with their Google Apps account. OpenID is a secure and private SSO...

    Blog posts | July 29, 2009 8:58pm PDT

  • Notify.me pings you when your feeds are fresh

    Notify.me is your content in real time. That means you can sign up for different feeds, and choose how that content is delivered to you. It's not passive feed reading. You are getting direct...

    Blog posts | July 14, 2009 7:20pm PDT

  • Why Satellite Internet service is so slow

    I was reading in the news today about an experimental geosynchronous communications satellite being launched by Japan and I got to wondering about why Satellite Internet service has such...

    Blog posts | February 23, 2008 11:07pm PST

  • Google launches its 'let's annoy Microsoft' plan: Pings Yahoo and works regulators

    Google has reportedly reached out to Yahoo to thwart Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6 billion bid. And in case that doesn't work Google has already started working policymakers. Simply put, the...

    Blog posts | February 3, 2008 5:37pm PST

  • AOL creates kit for 'ping and play'

    Tool kit is designed to let online game developers integrate AIM and ICQ messaging software into their titles.

    News items | May 16, 2005 4:08pm PDT

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