Decronym

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[–] 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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NAS Network-Attached Storage
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
Plex Brand of media server package

[Thread #657 for this sub, first seen 5th Apr 2024, 09:05] [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
HA Home Assistant automation software
~ High Availability
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
VPN Virtual Private Network
Zigbee Wireless mesh network for low-power devices
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 5 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
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL

[Thread #655 for this sub, first seen 4th Apr 2024, 09:35] [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:

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CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT
IP Internet Protocol
NAT Network Address Translation

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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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CF CloudFlare
DNS Domain Name Service/System
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
SSO Single Sign-On
nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #653 for this sub, first seen 3rd Apr 2024, 23:05] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 3 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
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #652 for this sub, first seen 3rd Apr 2024, 11:35] [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:

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HA Home Assistant automation software
~ High Availability
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC Single-Board Computer
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

[Thread #651 for this sub, first seen 3rd Apr 2024, 11:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 3 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
Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
LAMP Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP stack for webhosting
LXC Linux Containers
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #650 for this sub, first seen 1st Apr 2024, 22:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] 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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IP Internet Protocol
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
PoE Power over Ethernet
VPN Virtual Private Network

[Thread #649 for this sub, first seen 1st Apr 2024, 19:05] [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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DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS Domain Name Service/System
IP Internet Protocol
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express

[Thread #648 for this sub, first seen 1st Apr 2024, 16:45] [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
DNS Domain Name Service/System
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
VPN Virtual Private Network
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #647 for this sub, first seen 1st Apr 2024, 13:05] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] 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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HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
NAT Network Address Translation
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VPN Virtual Private Network
nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #646 for this sub, first seen 31st Mar 2024, 17:45] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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