ping vs scutter

ping

noun
  • Latency. 

  • A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. 

  • An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement. 

  • A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels. 

  • A notification. 

  • A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence. 

  • A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it. 

verb
  • To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response. 

  • To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. 

  • To flick. 

  • To cause something to bounce. 

  • To bounce. 

  • To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects. 

  • To call out audibly. 

  • To penalize. 

  • To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility. 

scutter

noun
  • A hasty run. 

  • Thin excrement. 

verb
  • To run with a light pattering noise; to skitter. 

  • To void thin excrement. 

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