Decronym

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 0 points 1 month 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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HA Home Assistant automation software
~ High Availability
NAT Network Address Translation
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

[Thread #257 for this comm, first seen 27th Apr 2026, 06:00] [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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SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #256 for this comm, first seen 26th Apr 2026, 04:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 2 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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AP WiFi Access Point
CF CloudFlare
IP Internet Protocol
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #255 for this comm, first seen 25th Apr 2026, 21:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 6 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
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
Plex Brand of media server package
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
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)

[Thread #254 for this comm, first seen 25th Apr 2026, 11:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 2 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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CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS Domain Name Service/System
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
NAT Network Address Translation
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #253 for this comm, first seen 25th Apr 2026, 07:20] [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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DNS Domain Name Service/System
Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
Plex Brand of media server package
SAN Storage Area Network
SBC Single-Board Computer
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #252 for this comm, first seen 22nd Apr 2026, 12:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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

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PIA Private Internet Access brand of VPN
SBC Single-Board Computer
VPN Virtual Private Network

[Thread #251 for this comm, first seen 21st Apr 2026, 22:40] [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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CF CloudFlare
DNS Domain Name Service/System
Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
LTS Long Term Support software version

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 15 acronyms.

[Thread #250 for this comm, first seen 21st Apr 2026, 14:00] [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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DNS Domain Name Service/System
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 15 acronyms.

[Thread #249 for this comm, first seen 19th Apr 2026, 19:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 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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NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #248 for this comm, first seen 19th Apr 2026, 17:50] [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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HA Home Assistant automation software
~ High Availability
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
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
PSU Power Supply Unit
Plex Brand of media server package
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SBC Single-Board Computer
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity
k8s Kubernetes container management package

[Thread #247 for this comm, first seen 18th Apr 2026, 20:10] [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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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
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SAN Storage Area Network
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 14 acronyms.

[Thread #246 for this comm, first seen 18th Apr 2026, 19:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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