| 1. | (character) | ENQ - /enkw/ or /enk/ ENQuire. The mnemonic for ASCII character 5. | |
| 2. | (chat) | ENQ - 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. |