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Ping is a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network.

Ping may also refer to:

Ping or Pinging (noun, verb and adjective): a highly undesirable noise caused by improper timing or other serious issues with internal combustion engines; also known as 'detonation' or engine knocking. Note (due to its onomatopoeic origin) the British variant spelling of 'pink/pinking'
Ping (blogging), used for blogs, RSS, and related web services
Ping, a pulse of sound in active sonar
Ping, the official pronunciation of PNG (Portable Network Graphics), a lossless bitmap image format
Ping (video games), the network latency seen between a game player's computer and the game server (or another player)
PING Backup Software, a live linux distribution used to backup and restore Hard Drive partitions.

Ping, the title character in the children's book The Story about Ping, by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
Ping, a minor character in Seinfeld
Ping, a character in the webcomic Megatokyo
Ping, the character Fa Mulan takes on in the animated film Mulan
Ping the Elastic Man, a comic strip character who first appeared in 1938

Ping, the noise an M1 Garand makes when it ejects an en-bloc clip
Ping, to attempt to initiate a conversation, typically via email or by other means (sometimes used to describe an instant message).
Ping, a slang term in sports for getting penalised in rugby or caught by the umpire and paid a free-kick in Australian rules football
Ping, a move in trading card games, especially in Magic, the Gathering, in which a spell or creature hits an opponent or opposing creature for one damage point. Referred to as pinging.

Ping, a traditional Chinese unit of area equal to about 3.305 square meters, roughly 36 square feet. Its use is limited to real estate in Taiwan, Japan and Korea.
Ping, an ability in the trading card game Magic: The Gathering
Ping River, a river in Thailand
Ping (golf), a brand of golf club
Guan Ping, the famous son of Guan Yu

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 ==Technology==
+*Ping or Pinging (noun, verb and adjective): a highly undesirable noise caused by improper timing or other serious issues with internal combustion engines; also known as 'detonation' or [[engine knocking]].  Note (due to its onomatopoeic origin) the British variant spelling of 'pink/pinking'
 *[[Ping (blogging)]], used for blogs, RSS, and related web services
 *Ping, a pulse of sound in [[Sonar#Active sonar|active sonar]]
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 ==Slang==
-*Ping, an undesirable noise caused by improper timing or other issues with internal combustion engines, see [[engine knocking]]
 *Ping, the noise an [[M1 Garand]] makes when it ejects an en-bloc clip
 *Ping, to attempt to initiate a conversation, typically via [[email]] or by other means (sometimes used to describe an [[instant message]]).