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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ACK</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../A.html" title="A"/><link rel="previous" href="accumulator.html" title="accumulator"/><link rel="next" href="Acme.html" title="Acme"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ACK</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="accumulator.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Acme.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="ACK"/><dt xmlns="" id="ACK"><b>ACK</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/ak/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">interj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [common; from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge. Used
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to register one's presence (compare mainstream <span class="emphasis"><em>Yo!</em></span>).
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An appropriate response to <a href="../P/ping.html"><i class="glossterm">ping</i></a> or
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<a href="../E/ENQ.html"><i class="glossterm">ENQ</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. [from the comic strip <i class="citetitle">Bloom County</i>] An
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exclamation of surprised disgust, esp. in “<span class="quote">Ack pffft!</span>”
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Semi-humorous. Generally this sense is not spelled in caps (ACK) and is
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distinguished by a following exclamation point. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. Used to politely interrupt someone to tell them you understand
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their point (see <a href="../N/NAK.html"><i class="glossterm">NAK</i></a>). Thus, for example, you might
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cut off an overly long explanation with “<span class="quote">Ack. Ack. Ack. I get it
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now</span>”. </p></dd><dd><p> 4. An affirmative. “<span class="quote">Think we ought to ditch that damn NT
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server for a Linux box?</span>” “<span class="quote">ACK!</span>”</p></dd><dd><p>There is also a usage “<span class="quote">ACK?</span>” (from sense 1) meaning
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“<span class="quote">Are you there?</span>”, often used in email when earlier mail has
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produced no reply, or during a lull in <a href="../T/talk-mode.html"><i class="glossterm">talk mode</i></a> to
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see if the person has gone away (the standard humorous response is of
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course <a href="../N/NAK.html"><i class="glossterm">NAK</i></a>, i.e., “<span class="quote">I'm not
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here</span>”).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="accumulator.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../A.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Acme.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">accumulator </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Acme</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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