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• ENQ: /enkw/ or /enk/ [from the ASCII mnemonic ENQuire for 0000101] An on-line convention for querying someone's availability.
  After opening a {talk mode} connection to someone apparently in heavy hack mode, one might type `SYN SYN ENQ?...
• ACK /ak/ interj. 1. [common; from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
  Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream Yo!...
• ACK: /ak/ interj. 1. [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
  Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream *Yo!...
• comm mode /kom mohd/ n. [ITS: from the feature supporting on-line cha
  he term may spelled with one or two m's] Syn. for talk mode....
• alk mode n. A feature supported by Unix, ITS, and some other OSes that allows two or more logged-in users to set up a real-time on-line conversation.
  It combines the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails....
• comm mode: /kom mohd/ [ITS: from the feature supporting on-line cha
  he term may spelled with one or two m's] Syn. for {talk mode}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• 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 cha...
• NAK: /nak/ [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0010101] interj.
  1. On-line joke answer to {ACK}?: "I'm not here....
• mode n. [common] A general state, usually used with an adjective describing the state.
  Use of the word `mode' rather than `state' implies that the state is extended over time, and probably also that some activity characteristic of that state is being carried out....