🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

pinguer

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pɛ̃ɡe

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pinging/ˈpɪŋ.ɪŋ/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Je suis en train de pinguer le serveur."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To send a signal to a network device to determine its status or to check connectivity.

    "I am pinging the server to see if it is online."
  2. 2

    To notify someone or something, often through a digital message or alert.

    "She is pinging her colleague to remind him about the meeting."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'ping' originated in the 1980s from the sonar sound used in submarines, which was adopted in computer networking to describe a utility that tests the reachability of hosts on a network. The gerund form 'pinging' evolved as the technology became more prevalent in the context of internet communications.

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