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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ENQ</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../E.html" title="E"/><link rel="previous" href="enhancement.html" title="enhancement"/><link rel="next" href="EOD.html" title="EOD"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ENQ</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="enhancement.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">E</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="EOD.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="ENQ"/><dt xmlns="" id="ENQ"><b>ENQ</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/enkw/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/enk/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from the ASCII mnemonic ENQuire for 0000101] An on-line convention
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for querying someone's availability. After opening a
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<a href="../T/talk-mode.html"><i class="glossterm">talk mode</i></a> connection to someone apparently in heavy hack mode, one
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might type <b class="command">SYN SYN ENQ?</b> (the SYNs
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representing notional synchronization bytes), and expect a return of
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<a href="../A/ACK.html"><i class="glossterm">ACK</i></a> or <a href="../N/NAK.html"><i class="glossterm">NAK</i></a> depending on
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whether or not the person felt interruptible. Compare
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<a href="../P/ping.html"><i class="glossterm">ping</i></a>, <a href="../F/finger.html"><i class="glossterm">finger</i></a>, and the usage
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of <b class="command">FOO?</b> listed under
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<a href="../T/talk-mode.html"><i class="glossterm">talk mode</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="enhancement.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../E.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="EOD.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">enhancement </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> EOD</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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