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acknowledgement

1. A response sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission. Note: An example of an acknowledgement is a protocol data unit, or element thereof, between peer entities, to indicate the status of data units that have been successfully received. 2 . A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood. [After JP1]

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