Pinger Definition

pĭngər

noun

A device used underwater to produce pulses of sound, as for an echo sounder or a locator device.

American Heritage

A device that periodically emits a signal that can be monitored to permit movement tracking.

The scientist attached a pinger to the carapace of the sea turtle to track its migration.

Wiktionary

A computer program that sends a ping message over a network.

Some people like fancy pingers with extra features, but I always use the default ping application.

Wiktionary

A user of a ping program; one who pings.

Every time we replace the main page, we get flooded with pingers making sure our web site is still there.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Pinger

Singular:

pinger

Plural:

pingers

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