Decronym

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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IP Internet Protocol
Plex Brand of media server package
TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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IP Internet Protocol
NAS Network-Attached Storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN Virtual Private Network

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 6 acronyms.

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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DNS Domain Name Service/System
IP Internet Protocol
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 11 acronyms.

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #678 for this sub, first seen 13th Apr 2024, 16:15] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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NAS Network-Attached Storage
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

[Thread #677 for this sub, first seen 13th Apr 2024, 01:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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DNS Domain Name Service/System
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 5 acronyms.

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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DNS Domain Name Service/System
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
IP Internet Protocol
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VPN Virtual Private Network

10 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 10 acronyms.

[Thread #675 for this sub, first seen 11th Apr 2024, 22:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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DNS Domain Name Service/System
IP Internet Protocol
Plex Brand of media server package
VPN Virtual Private Network

[Thread #674 for this sub, first seen 11th Apr 2024, 20:55] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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NAS Network-Attached Storage
NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

[Thread #673 for this sub, first seen 11th Apr 2024, 19:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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HA Home Assistant automation software
~ High Availability
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
LTS Long Term Support software version
LXC Linux Containers
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity
k8s Kubernetes container management package
nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #672 for this sub, first seen 11th Apr 2024, 15:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
DNS Domain Name Service/System
IP Internet Protocol
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 10 acronyms.

[Thread #671 for this sub, first seen 10th Apr 2024, 23:55] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 10 acronyms.

[Thread #670 for this sub, first seen 9th Apr 2024, 19:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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