Decronym

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Proxmox rebuild in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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LTS Long Term Support software version
LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

7 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 16 acronyms.

[Thread #945 for this sub, first seen 1st Sep 2024, 08:05] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Any non-tech-background self-hosters? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
Plex Brand of media server package
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC Single-Board Computer
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #944 for this sub, first seen 31st Aug 2024, 22:05] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

NAS / NAS + server? Unraid, Proxmox, Intel, AMD? Looking for guidance. in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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ESXi VMWare virtual machine hypervisor
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
LTS Long Term Support software version
LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
Plex Brand of media server package
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN Virtual Private Network
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity
nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #943 for this sub, first seen 31st Aug 2024, 15:55] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Why I still self host my servers (and what I've recently learned) in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC Single-Board Computer
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

7 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.

[Thread #942 for this sub, first seen 30th Aug 2024, 18:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Switching from a Media Drive to my first self-build NAS in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.

[Thread #941 for this sub, first seen 30th Aug 2024, 09:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Chromecast / Firestick Self Host Replacement in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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
Plex Brand of media server package
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC Single-Board Computer
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand

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

[Thread #940 for this sub, first seen 30th Aug 2024, 00:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

How to avoid "things going wrong"? (Immutable distros?) in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
LXC Linux Containers
Plex Brand of media server package

[Thread #939 for this sub, first seen 29th Aug 2024, 13:15] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Data HDD with SSD catch drive in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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LVM (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

[Thread #938 for this sub, first seen 27th Aug 2024, 13:05] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Is It Worthwhile to Serve Video off a Server separate from my NAS? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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
LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL

[Thread #937 for this sub, first seen 25th Aug 2024, 02:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Are selfhosted Piped instances still working? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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
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 13 acronyms.

[Thread #936 for this sub, first seen 24th Aug 2024, 23:05] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Multiple Kubernetes Services Using Same Port Without SNI in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 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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ARP Address Resolution Protocol, translates IPs to MAC addresses
DNS Domain Name Service/System
Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
IP Internet Protocol
NAT Network Address Translation
SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH
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)
k8s Kubernetes container management package

[Thread #935 for this sub, first seen 23rd Aug 2024, 21:55] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[SOLVED] Weird (to me) networking issue - can you help? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 3 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
NAT Network Address Translation

[Thread #934 for this sub, first seen 23rd Aug 2024, 13:05] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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