Ping vs. Text — What's the Difference?

A sharp, high-pitched sound, as that made by a bullet striking metal.

A book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form

A protocol that sends a message to another computer and waits for acknowledgment, often used to check if another computer on a network is reachable.

The main body of a book or other piece of writing, as distinct from other material such as notes, appendices, and illustrations

See knock.

A written work chosen or set as a subject of study

To make a sharp, high-pitched, metallic sound.

A text message

To test the connectivity of (a computer) to a network by using the ping protocol

Fine, large handwriting, used especially for manuscripts.

(Informal) To reach out to (someone), as by text message or email, to establish or maintain communication

Send (someone) a text message

A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

The original words of something written or printed, as opposed to a paraphrase, translation, revision, or condensation.

(submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.

The words of a speech appearing in print.

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

Words, as of a libretto, that are set to music in a composition.

An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

Words treated as data by a computer.

(networking) Latency.

A text message.

(video games) A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.

The body of a printed work as distinct from headings and illustrative matter on a page or from front and back matter in a book.

(WMF jargon) A notification.

One of the editions or forms of a written work

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

Something, such as a literary work or other cultural product, regarded as an object of critical analysis.

(submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.

A passage from the Scriptures or another authoritative source chosen for the subject of a discourse or cited for support in argument.

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

A passage from a written work used as the starting point of a discussion.

(by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.

A subject; a topic.

(colloquial) To flick.

A textbook.

To bounce.

To send a text message to

To cause something to bounce.

To communicate by text message

To call out audibly.

To key or send text messages

To penalize.

A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.

A book, tome or other set of writings.

To make the sound called ping.

(colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.

A river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya

(computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.

A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.

Hit with a pinging noise;

(by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.

Sound like a car engine that is firing too early;

(printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.

Make a short high-pitched sound;

(transitive) To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.

Contact, usually in order to remind of something;

(intransitive) To send and receive text messages.

Send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active;

(dated) To write in large characters, as in text hand.

A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.

The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.

A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.

Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.

A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.

That part of a document (printed or electronic) comprising the words, especially the main body of expository words, in contrast to the illustrations, pictures, charts, tables, or other formatted material which contain graphic elements as a major component.

Any communication composed of words.

A textbook.

To write in large characters, as in text hand.

The words of something written;

A passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon;

A book prepared for use in schools or colleges;

The main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.);