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  • abbreviation computing : A negative ACK; a response indicating that a message was not fully received, or that there was a problem with the message.

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Examples

  • Police sources here said Farooq Ganie, who runs a news agency called NAK or News Agency of Kashmir, revealed during questioning that he had visited the Muridke headquarters of the LeT in Pakistan and had met several militant leaders there.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • "NAK" gives us a sampling of The Magic Meadow shared at Sage Parnassus.

    Consent Of The Governed 2010

  • Even though the legend of Mae Nak or Mother Nak is so popular in Thailand and Bangkok in particular that a shrine stands in her honor, THE GHOST OF MAE NAK progresses as if no one beyond Buddhist monks, fortune tellers and grandmothers know the tale.

    Who's that Naking? Arbogast 2009

  • It's ambitious of Mark Duffield to include so many characters to bring to the drama their own superstitions, fears, information and misinformation but too much of THE GHOST OF MAE NAK feels attenuated and drawn out.

    Who's that Naking? Arbogast 2009

  • At less than two hours, THE GHOST OF MAE NAK wears out its welcome with one too many episodes those who have cheated or robbed Mak and Nak meet horrific ends that repeat the same information or evoke the same mood when they should build upon one another and parcel out additional clues.

    Who's that Naking? Arbogast 2009

  • Shot on location in Thailand's grimy Phra Khanong district and based on a local legend that has been the source of nearly two dozen previous feature and TV films (live action and animated), Mark Duffield's THE GHOST OF MAE NAK (2005) is a spirited but ultimately disappointing hodgepodge of genre cliches and shock scenes inspired by or lifted whole cloth from other ghost movies.

    Who's that Naking? Arbogast 2009

  • A small organization in Tsumagoi, Japan, Nihon Aisaika Kyokai (NAK) or the "Japan Doting Husbands Association," had declared January 31st to be the day when Japanese men would return home from work by 8: 00 p.m.

    Archive 2006-02-01 JDsg 2006

  • According to the NAK website, Many men can't put their feelings of gratitude toward their wives into words.

    Archive 2006-02-01 JDsg 2006

  • According to the NAK website, Many men can't put their feelings of gratitude toward their wives into words.

    Beloved Wives Day JDsg 2006

  • NAK was started by 45-year-old Kiyotaka Yamana, who runs his own business in Kawasaki.

    Beloved Wives Day JDsg 2006

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