@Decronym

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 2 hours 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
NAT	Network Address Translation
UDP	User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VPN	Virtual Private Network
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 1 hour 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
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
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 · edit-2 1 day 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
ZFS	Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 3 hours ago

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

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MQTT	Message Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NUC	Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 2 days ago

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

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AP	WiFi Access Point
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
ISP	Internet Service Provider
LXC	Linux Containers
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NFS	Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
ZFS	Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 2 days ago

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

Fewer Letters	More Letters
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SATA	Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
ZFS	Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 10 days ago

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

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AP	WiFi Access Point
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
LTS	Long Term Support software version
LVM	(Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping
LXC	Linux Containers
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NUC	Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
NVMe	Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
PIA	Private Internet Access brand of VPN
PoE	Power over Ethernet
RPi	Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC	Single-Board Computer
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSO	Single Sign-On
VNC	Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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