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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>NAK</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="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="naive-user.html" title="naive user"/><link rel="next" href="NANA.html" title="NANA"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">NAK</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="naive-user.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="NANA.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="NAK"/><dt xmlns="" id="NAK"><b>NAK</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/nak/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">interj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0010101]</p></dd><dd><p> 1. On-line joke answer to <a href="../A/ACK.html"><i class="glossterm">ACK</i></a>?: “<span class="quote">I'm
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not here.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. On-line answer to a request for chat: “<span class="quote">I'm not
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available.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 3. Used to politely interrupt someone to tell them you don't
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understand their point or that they have suddenly stopped making sense.
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See <a href="../A/ACK.html"><i class="glossterm">ACK</i></a>, sense </p></dd><dd><p> 3. “<span class="quote">And then, after we recode the project in
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COBOL....</span>” “<span class="quote">Nak, Nak, Nak! I thought I heard you say
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COBOL!</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 4. A negative answer. “<span class="quote">OK if I boot the server?</span>”
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“<span class="quote">NAK!</span>” </p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="naive-user.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="NANA.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">naive user </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> NANA</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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