nak

2 definitions found

nak - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  NAK
  
     Negative Acknowledgement
  

nak - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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!"