@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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NAT	Network Address Translation
Plex	Brand of media server package
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 12 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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Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
Plex	Brand of media server package
VPN	Virtual Private Network
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 11 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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NFS	Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
k8s	Kubernetes container management package

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

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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
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
IP	Internet Protocol
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 · edit-2 7 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
SMB	Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
ZFS	Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 13 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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CSAM	Child Sexual Abuse Material
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
PIA	Private Internet Access brand of VPN
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPN	Virtual Private Network
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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

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