A poke is a kind of note passed from one agent to another in a card. A poke is a one-off request/action, as opposed to an ongoing subscription. A poke may contain any kind of data, and may go over the network to remote ships. A poke is handled by the ++on-poke arm of an agent.
Further reading
- App school: cards: A lesson on cards, which includes pokes.
- App school: pokes: A lesson on pokes.