Ack is sometimes used as an exclamation, an onomatopoeia for disgust, or as choking on something foul. Look up onomatopoeia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

ACK as an abbreviation that may refer to:

• ACK (computing), a signal used in computing and other fields to indicate acknowledgement, including:
  • ACK (TCP), a packet message used in the Transmission Control Protocol to acknowledge receipt of a packet.
  • Acknowledge character, a control character used in ASCII.
  • ACK (domain transfer), term used in transfer of domains.
• Acklington railway station (National Rail: ACK), a rail station in the United Kingdom.
• Nantucket Memorial Airport (IATA code: ACK), a Massachusetts airport (referring to Ackerly Field).

ACK as a three-letter acronym that may refer to: In computing, an ACK (also known as an acknowledgment code) is a signal passed between communicating processes or computers to signify acknowledgement, or receipt of response, as part of a communications protocol. ... It has been suggested that SYN (TCP) be merged into this article or section. ... Acknowledge character (ACK): A transmission control character transmitted by the receiving station as an affirmative response to the sending station. ... Acklington railway station serves the village of Acklington in Northumberland, England. ... Nantucket Memorial Airport (IATA: ACK, ICAO: KACK) is a public airport located on the south side of the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. ... TLA is a three-lettered abbreviation for Three-Letter Abbreviation. ...

• Amsterdam Compiler Kit, a compiler suite used in Minix.
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Christlicher Kirchen, a German Christian church.

ack is the name of a Grep-like command line tool built for software development environments. The Amsterdam Compiler Kit (ACK) is fast, lightweight and retargetable compiler suite and toolchain written by Andrew Tanenbaum and Ceriel Jacobs, and is Minix native toolchain. ... grep is a command line utility that was originally written for use with the Unix operating system. ...

See also

• Acknowledgment

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ack is also the name of rap group from south carolina, which consist of aaron sprouse, and chavis roberts In legal terminology, acknowledgment is a declaration or avowal of ones own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

ACK is also known as 'Australian College of Kuwait'