Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters | More Letters |
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CGNAT | Carrier-Grade NAT |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network |
DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
IP | Internet Protocol |
IoT | Internet of Things for device controllers |
NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
NAT | Network Address Translation |
Plex | Brand of media server package |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption |
TLS | Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
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Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
9 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.
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