[Ads-l] RES: ping

[Peter Reitan]

When we used "to ping" in the Navy in the 1980s, with a similar meaning, the allusion was to sonar echoes - pinging submarines to see where they were.

> Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 11:14:47 -0300
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> Seems to be pretty common. Here's def 3 for Ping from dictionary.com
> "to make contact with (someone) by sending a brief electronic message, as a=
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> text message: The design team should ping marketing to set up a meeting nex=
> t
> week.
> Ping me when you arrive, and I'll meet you at the door." 
> DAD
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> Enviada em: quarta-feira, 18 de maio de 2016 10:43
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> Assunto: Re: ping
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> Poster:       Marc Sacks <msacksg at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: ping
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> In the IT world (where I live, at least during the day), "ping" has more th=
> e
> connotation of "alert." When one computer pings another ("ping" is actually=
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> the name of the program that does this), it simply requests a returning
> signal that the other machine is reachable over the network. So the word ha=
> s
> taken on the meaning of "reach out to" or "say hello to." In this context, =
> I
> think it means that Trump has been made aware of the disclosure.
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> It's possible that the writer is using the word onomatopoeically as a sharp=
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> sound, like a pinprick, in which case the signal would be less neutral.
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> Marc Sacks
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> Marc Sacks
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> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
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> > CNN:
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> > "That disclosure coming just in time to ping Donald Trump."
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> > Annoy? Irk? Prod? Provoke a reaction from?
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> > JL
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