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1. /ak/ The mnemonic for the ACKnowledgecharacter, ASCII code 6.2. A message transmitted to indicate thatsome data has been received correctly. Typically, if thesender does not receive the ACK message after somepredetermined time, or receives a NAK, the original datawill be sent again.
By Denis Howe
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