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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!"

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