ENQ
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ENQ
(character)ENQ
(chat)An on-line convention for querying someone's
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.
Compare ping, finger.
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enquiry character
In communications, a control character that is transmitted to request a response from the receiving station. In ASCII code, the enquiry ("enq") character is hex 05; in EBCDIC, it is 2D. See ASCII chart and EBCDIC.Copyright © 1981-2019 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.