Decronym

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

[Thread #873 for this sub, first seen 16th Jul 2024, 15:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 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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DNS Domain Name Service/System
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
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
PSU Power Supply Unit
Plex Brand of media server package
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

[Thread #872 for this sub, first seen 15th Jul 2024, 16:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 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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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
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
IP Internet Protocol
LAMP Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP stack for webhosting
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
Plex Brand of media server package
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
SSO Single Sign-On
Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ('Jabber') for open instant messaging
k8s Kubernetes container management package
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #871 for this sub, first seen 15th Jul 2024, 16:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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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CSAM Child Sexual Abuse Material
DNS Domain Name Service/System
IP Internet Protocol
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #870 for this sub, first seen 15th Jul 2024, 01:55] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 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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DNS Domain Name Service/System
PSU Power Supply Unit
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

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

[Thread #869 for this sub, first seen 14th Jul 2024, 19:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
LXC Linux Containers
NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #868 for this sub, first seen 13th Jul 2024, 16:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
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
IP Internet Protocol
LVM (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping
LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity
k8s Kubernetes container management package

[Thread #867 for this sub, first seen 12th Jul 2024, 23:05] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
NAS Network-Attached Storage
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPN Virtual Private Network
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #866 for this sub, first seen 12th Jul 2024, 22:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #865 for this sub, first seen 12th Jul 2024, 05:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
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 8 acronyms.

[Thread #864 for this sub, first seen 11th Jul 2024, 03:15] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

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CSAM Child Sexual Abuse Material
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SBC Single-Board Computer
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

[Thread #863 for this sub, first seen 11th Jul 2024, 02:05] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
ESXi VMWare virtual machine hypervisor
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #862 for this sub, first seen 10th Jul 2024, 12:55] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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