@Decronym

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 15 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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LXC	Linux Containers
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NFS	Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
PCIe	Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage

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

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 21 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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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

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

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

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 21 hours ago

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

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

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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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DNS	Domain Name Service/System
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
PiHole	Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
SBC	Single-Board Computer

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 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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HASS	Home Assistant automation software
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
LVM	(Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping
NVMe	Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
SBC	Single-Board Computer
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
k8s	Kubernetes container management package
nginx	Popular HTTP server

8 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 1 year 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
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
Plex	Brand of media server package
SMB	Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
VPN	Virtual Private Network

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 1 year 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
SCP	Secure Copy encrypted file transfer tool, authenticates and transfers over SSH
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
k8s	Kubernetes container management package
nginx	Popular HTTP server

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 20 acronyms.

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 2 years 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 · edit-2 2 years 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
HA	Home Assistant automation software
~	High Availability
NAS	Network-Attached Storage

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

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 2 years 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
IoT	Internet of Things for device controllers
LXC	Linux Containers
PiHole	Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPN	Virtual Private Network

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

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 2 years 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
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
UDP	User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx	Popular HTTP server

7 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.

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