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PING

In computing, short message sent over a network by one computer to check whether another is correctly connected to it. By extension, one can ‘ping’ other people – for example, checking addresses on a mailing list by sending an e-mail to all members requesting an acknowledgement.

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The Chinese also make use of two kinds of tone in their poetry, the Ping or even, and the Tsze or oblique.

A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context

There was the rip- ping sound of musketry and the breaking crash of the artillery.

The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context

And Bill Ping and me used to rope grizzlies out of the underbrush of Cache Slough in the Sacramento Valley.

The Red One by London, Jack View in context

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