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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  NAK  /nak/  interj.  [from  the  ASCII  mnemonic  for  0010101]  1. 
  On-line  joke  answer  to  {ACK}?:  "I'm  not  here."  2.  On-line  answer  to  a 
  request  for  chat:  "I'm  not  available."  3.  Used  to  politely  interrupt 
  someone  to  tell  them  you  don't  understand  their  point  or  that  they  have 
  suddenly  stopped  making  sense  See  {ACK},  sense  3.  "And  then,  after 
  we  recode  the  project  in  COBOL...."  "Nak,  Nak,  Nak!  I  thought  I  heard 
  you  say  COBOL!"  4.  A  negative  answer.  "OK  if  I  boot  the  server?"  "NAK!" 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  NAK 
 
  {Negative  Acknowledgement}




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