"Pong" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Marketing coinage, from ping-pong. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pong
  1. (video games) An early video game from Atari, resembling ping-pong, in which two players control paddles and attempt to intercept a ball. Wikipedia link: Pong Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-Pong-en-name-G23owCbT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Topics: video-games
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          "ref": "2002, André LaMothe, Tricks of the Windows game programming gurus, page 10:",
          "text": "A good lunar lander or Pong-type game was all you needed to strike it rich!",
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          "ref": "2003 March 1, “Gulf War 2.0: The Son Strikes Back”, in Toronto Star:",
          "text": "If the US invades Iraq, we'll see action all right, much more than we witnessed with the primitive Pong-ish effects delivered during Gulf War 1.0,",
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