Applications use the Ping class to detect whether a remote computer is reachable. Network topology can determine whether Ping can successfully contact a remote host. The presence and configuration of proxies, network address translation (NAT) equipment, or firewalls can prevent Ping from succeeding.
noun. An interpreter for the deaf at a church service. An interpreter for the deaf at a church service. The definition of an interpreter is a person or a computer program that translates from one language to another so that people who speak different languages can communicate.nterpreter. 1  a person who interprets; specif., a person whose work is translating a foreign language orally, as in a conversation between people speaking different languages. 2  a computer program that translates and executes, statement by statement, a program written in a high-level language.
translator-a program that translates one programming language into another. translating program. computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; the program required several hundred lines of code.