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My 15-year old panasonic toughbook is hanging in there as a proxmox server in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz -2 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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ARP	Address Resolution Protocol, translates IPs to MAC addresses
CF	CloudFlare
IP	Internet Protocol
PSU	Power Supply Unit
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage

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

[Thread #222 for this comm, first seen 8th Apr 2026, 19:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

*Permanently Deleted* in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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

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

[Thread #221 for this comm, first seen 8th Apr 2026, 00:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Vigil - a self-hosted dashboard that watches your Docker images 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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Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
IP	Internet Protocol
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 16 acronyms.

[Thread #220 for this comm, first seen 7th Apr 2026, 13:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Running a contabo virtual server with 2 ips running a wordpress site via nginx. One Ip is running the website and the second IP I want for the docker mailcow. 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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HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
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 5 acronyms.

[Thread #219 for this comm, first seen 7th Apr 2026, 12:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Help setting up new server 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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HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
NAT	Network Address Translation
VPN	Virtual Private Network
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #218 for this comm, first seen 6th Apr 2026, 23:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

amneziawg-installer: one-command VPN server that works where WireGuard gets blocked 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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HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
IP	Internet Protocol
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
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 10 acronyms.

[Thread #217 for this comm, first seen 6th Apr 2026, 13:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Pangolin how to bypass auth when client is connected 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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DNS	Domain Name Service/System
IP	Internet Protocol
IoT	Internet of Things for device controllers
NAS	Network-Attached Storage

[Thread #216 for this comm, first seen 6th Apr 2026, 04:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Rate my stack: in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 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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HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
SSO	Single Sign-On

[Thread #215 for this comm, first seen 5th Apr 2026, 16:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Docker is hard work 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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Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
k8s	Kubernetes container management package

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

[Thread #214 for this comm, first seen 5th Apr 2026, 15:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Docker networking help (vlans) 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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DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
IP	Internet Protocol
LXC	Linux Containers

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

[Thread #213 for this comm, first seen 5th Apr 2026, 13:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

So a friend set me up with some resources. 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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AP	WiFi Access Point
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SATA	Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPN	Virtual Private Network

[Thread #212 for this comm, first seen 4th Apr 2026, 22:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Haven't been as busy as you guys, but still wanted to show off in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 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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LXC	Linux Containers
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NUC	Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
Plex	Brand of media server package
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #211 for this comm, first seen 4th Apr 2026, 18:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]