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Notes on ENQ
[from the ASCII mnemonic ENQuire for 0000101] An on-line convention
for querying someone's availability. After opening a TALK MODE
connection to someone apparently in heavy hack mode, one might type
SYN SYN ENQ? (the SYNs representing notional synchronization bytes),
and expect a return of ACK or NAK depending on whether or not the
person felt interruptible. Compare PING, FINGER, and the usage of
FOO? listed under TALK MODE.
J3N Research Labs
Last Updated: 19th May 2007