Decronym

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[–] 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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CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS Domain Name Service/System
IP Internet Protocol
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NAT Network Address Translation
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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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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
SSO Single Sign-On
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #956 for this sub, first seen 8th Sep 2024, 13:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] 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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DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS Domain Name Service/System
IP Internet Protocol
PoE Power over Ethernet
Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand

[Thread #955 for this sub, first seen 7th Sep 2024, 10:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] 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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HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx Popular HTTP server

2 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 18 acronyms.

[Thread #954 for this sub, first seen 6th Sep 2024, 05:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] 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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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 9 acronyms.

[Thread #953 for this sub, first seen 5th Sep 2024, 23:05] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] 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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CA (SSL) Certificate Authority
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #952 for this sub, first seen 5th Sep 2024, 21:45] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 4 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
IP Internet Protocol
NAT Network Address Translation
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
SSO Single Sign-On
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)

10 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 18 acronyms.

[Thread #951 for this sub, first seen 5th Sep 2024, 10:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 5 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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CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS Domain Name Service/System
IP Internet Protocol
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NAT Network Address Translation

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

[Thread #950 for this sub, first seen 4th Sep 2024, 05:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] 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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IP Internet Protocol
NAT Network Address Translation
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #949 for this sub, first seen 3rd Sep 2024, 14:45] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] 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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SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

[Thread #948 for this sub, first seen 2nd Sep 2024, 19:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] 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
IP Internet Protocol
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

[Thread #947 for this sub, first seen 2nd Sep 2024, 12:55] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] 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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IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
VNC Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access
VPN Virtual Private Network

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 17 acronyms.

[Thread #946 for this sub, first seen 1st Sep 2024, 20:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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