Ping may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Ping, a domesticated Chinese duck in the illustrated book '' The Story about Ping'', first published in 1933 * Ping, a minor character in ''Seinfeld'', an NBC sitcom * Pingg, a character from ''

Pingu ''Pingu'' is a stop motion animated children's television series originally produced in Switzerland. It was co-created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann. It centres on the titular anthropomorphic emperor penguin and his family, who live i ...

'' * Ping, the alias of Hua Mulan in the animated film ''

Mulan Hua Mulan () is a legendary Chinese folk heroine from the Northern and Southern dynasties era (4th to 6th century Common Era, CE) of Chinese history. Scholar, Scholars generally consider Mulan to be a fictional character. Hua Mulan is depicte ...

'' * '' Ping the Elastic Man'', a comic strip character introduced in ''The Beano'' in 1938 * Professor Ping, a character in the film '' Barbarella'' * Ping, a character in Carole Wilkinson's novel '' Dragonkeeper'' * Po (Kung Fu Panda) or Ping Xiao Po, the protagonist of the Kung Fu Panda franchise ** Mr. Ping, Po's adopted father

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* "Ping" (short story), by Samuel Beckett * ''Ping!'', a 2000 film featuring

Shirley Jones Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as ''Oklahoma! (film), Oklahoma!'' (1955), ''Carousel (fi ...

* Ping, an ability in the trading card game '' Magic: The Gathering''

People

* Ping (given name) * Ping (surname) (平), a Chinese surname * Bing (Chinese surname) (邴), romanized Ping in Wade–Giles * Ping (nickname)

Places

* Ping River, Thailand * Ping Island, Yongzhou, Hunan, China

Science and technology

Computing

* Ping (blogging), used for blogs, RSS, and related web services *

Ping (networking utility) ping is a computer network administration software utility used to test the reachability of a host (network), host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It is available in a wide range of operating systems including most embedded network admi ...

, a computer network monitoring tool * Ping (video games), the network latency between computers used in online gaming *

Mention (blogging) A mention (also known as @replies or tagging) is a means by which a blog post references or links to a user's profile. This may be done as a matter of getting the attention of (or drawing attention to) another user of a social networking or bl ...

, a reference to a user profile, especially called a "ping" when this delivers a notification sound * Ping.fm, a defunct microblog social network * iTunes Ping, a social network for music that was once built into Apple iTunes * Ping Identity, an American software company

Other uses in science and technology

* Ping (unit), the Chinese equivalent of pyeong (坪), a Korean unit of area * Ping, a pulse of sound in active sonar * Ping project, a project of the European Molecular Biology network (EMBnet) * Pinging, a noise indicative of improper combustion in internal combustion engines

Other uses

Ping (golf) Ping, Inc. (stylized as PING) is an American sports equipment manufacturing company based in Phoenix, Arizona. It focuses on golf equipment, producing golf clubs and golf bags. The company was founded by Karsten Solheim, following a career as an ...

, a manufacturer and brand name of golf equipment * Bing (bread), also written as "ping", a type of Chinese flat bread * "The Ping", a phenomenon present in the Fury and Hecla Strait, Canada