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[โ€“] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It is very common to use ACK in social contexts as well if you work in IT I have found. Like "had a meeting about that issue, awaiting ACK from John"

[โ€“] diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yes, and there's "tACK" and "uACK" for tested and untested acknowledgements of patches. Slightly shorter than "lgtm, your call".