meaning of enoch

1. ENOB effective number of bits ENQ 1. /enkw/ or /enk/ ENQuire. The mnemonic for ASCII character 5. 2. An on-line convention for querying someones availability. After opening a chat connection to someone apparently in heavy hack mode, one might type "SYN SYN ENQ?" the SYNs representing notional synchronisation bytes, and expect a return of ACK or NAK depending on whether or not the person felt interruptible. Compare ping, finger. [Jargon File]

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