Decronym

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How should I mount my storage HDDs in Proxmox? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] 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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LVM (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping
SBC Single-Board Computer
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

[Thread #234 for this comm, first seen 12th Apr 2026, 07:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

How Do you keep your services updated? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] 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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Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
LXC Linux Containers
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
k8s Kubernetes container management package
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #233 for this comm, first seen 12th Apr 2026, 05:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

How does one get started with the *arr stack? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] 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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IP Internet Protocol
Plex Brand of media server package
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #232 for this comm, first seen 11th Apr 2026, 12:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

VPS in Europe, not AWS/Google/M$ in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] 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
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)

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

[Thread #231 for this comm, first seen 11th Apr 2026, 11:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Establishing proper VLAN's in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 0 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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AP WiFi Access Point
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
NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #230 for this comm, first seen 10th Apr 2026, 11:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Need some ELI5 on proxy_pass in Nginx, in particular regarding having Anubis in the chain in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] 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
IP Internet Protocol
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #229 for this comm, first seen 10th Apr 2026, 06:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Suggestions for migrating from Windows Server to Proxmox in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] 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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HA Home Assistant automation software
~ High Availability
LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

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

[Thread #228 for this comm, first seen 10th Apr 2026, 01:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hairpin dns issue in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 0 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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DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
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
nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #227 for this comm, first seen 9th Apr 2026, 15:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Finally got a 24/7 server up in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] 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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LXC Linux Containers
Plex Brand of media server package
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #226 for this comm, first seen 9th Apr 2026, 12:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

How do you use VPN? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] 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
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

[Thread #225 for this comm, first seen 9th Apr 2026, 08:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Where to buy cheap HDDs in EU? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] 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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NAS Network-Attached Storage
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

[Thread #224 for this comm, first seen 9th Apr 2026, 01:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Alright let's see pictures of your super nice rack-mounted, professionally installed labs. I'll start 🙃 in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 5 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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AP WiFi Access Point
DNS Domain Name Service/System
HA Home Assistant automation software
~ High Availability
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
PSU Power Supply Unit
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
PoE Power over Ethernet
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC Single-Board Computer
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
Zigbee Wireless mesh network for low-power devices

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

[Thread #223 for this comm, first seen 8th Apr 2026, 20:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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