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✅ A confirmation ✅ To confirm receipt 😣 Frustrated exclamation
ack

ack

3 9.9
A short message that shows data arrived successfully
  • noun
  • /æk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : confirmación
  • The application displays an ACK on the screen to indicate that the command was successfully received.
  • ack bursts
  • ack guns

Examples

  • The client gives an ACK, and that's the first time the client can send data.

  • They can send up an ack-ack umbrella high enough to make any attack ineffective.

    Hot Shots! (1991)

  • When I say immediately I get an ACK, I get an ACK for that data packet, right?

  • I just get a black screen, though our firewall shows a SYN-ACK.

    Blog text (8)

  • The system automatically generates an ACK signal after receiving a data packet correctly.

  • Every time the server gets a message, it replies with an ACK to confirm receipt.

Synonyms

acknowledgment
vsack
  • Specialized
2 3.9

A message that confirms another message arrived

is a signal or message sent to confirm successful receipt

Compounds

ack-ack gun
  • Archaic
9.9

A large gun on the ground that shoots at enemy planes

Surface Forms

ack singular
acks plural

Etymology

Ack in computing is a short form of acknowledge or 'acknowledgment'. It is a simple message that means 'I got it', so systems use an ack to confirm that data was received.