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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz -1 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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DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS Domain Name Service/System
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
VPN Virtual Private Network
nginx Popular HTTP server

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 6 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
NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
SCP Secure Copy encrypted file transfer tool, authenticates and transfers over SSH
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 5 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
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC Single-Board Computer
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 9 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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Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
NAS Network-Attached Storage
PSU Power Supply Unit
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

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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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HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
NAT Network Address Translation
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 4 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
NAT Network Address Translation
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 0 points 8 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
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
PSU Power Supply Unit
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 8 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
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
VPN Virtual Private Network

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 9 acronyms.

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 8 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
IP Internet Protocol
nginx Popular HTTP server

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 9 acronyms.

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 8 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
IP Internet Protocol
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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
CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS Domain Name Service/System
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
NAT Network Address Translation
Plex Brand of media server package
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
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx Popular HTTP server

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 4 points 8 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
PSU Power Supply Unit
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

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

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