PONG

Pong

Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games; it is a tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. While other arcade video games such as Computer Space came before it, Pong was one of the first video games to reach mainstream popularity. The aim is to defeat the opponent in a simulated table tennis game by earning a higher score. The game was originally manufactured by Atari Incorporated, who released it in 1972. Allan Alcorn created Pong as a training exercise assigned to him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. Bushnell based the idea on an electronic ping-pong game included in the Magnavox Odyssey, which ...

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pong

Noun

  1. A packet that is replying to a ping, and thereby indicating the presence of a host.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A stench, a bad smell.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A set of three identical tiles.

Verb

  1. To stink, to smell bad.


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