Bing, from Microsoft's perspective, the biggest competitor to Google till date. So what does "bing" mean. The first thing that came into my mind was "Chandler Bing", I am sure there are some ardent "Friends" fans in Microsoft but I doubt they would name their best effort yet engine with their favorite TV character. So, the curious mind I am, I went to google definitions and typed in "bing". Here are some results I got:
Bing is a Unix program which is essentially a ping with added network throughput measurements
A slag heap (also called bing, Boney piles, culm, waste coal, Terekons (Russian), gob piles, or slate dumps) is a pile built of accumulated tailings, which are by-products of mining
Bing is a Chinese term used to describe dough-based Chinese flatbreads, pancakes, unleavened dough foods, or indeed any food item with a flat disk
I wonder which one of these definitions made Microsoft pick "bing" as their search term, could it be the slag heap, I wonder.
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You should have "binged" bing in Microsoft Bing instead of Googling it :)
ha ha..I would have.. but I wasn't sure if "bing" will give me the best results for "bing" definition..I still trust Google more than Bing...
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