1 : the act of conducting or conveying. 2a : transmission through or by means of a conductor; also : the transfer of heat through matter by communication of kinetic energy from particle to particle with no net displacement of the particles â compare convection, radiationb : conductivity.
The name ping-pong was in wide use before English manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd trademarked it in 1901. The name Ping-Pong then came to be used for the game played by the rather expensive Jaques equipment, with other manufacturers calling theirs table tennis.
Because PONG already existed in several variants in the arcades, Atari released a line of more advanced systems, playing more games based on the Ball and Paddle principle. Super PONG (model C-140) followed PONG in 1976. It played four games for two players.