Decronym

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 4 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
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
IP Internet Protocol
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #103 for this comm, first seen 18th Feb 2026, 19:21] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 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
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
IP Internet Protocol
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #102 for this comm, first seen 18th Feb 2026, 14:11] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
NAT Network Address Translation
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
PSU Power Supply Unit
Plex Brand of media server package
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

[Thread #101 for this comm, first seen 17th Feb 2026, 20:41] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

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
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

5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 12 acronyms.

[Thread #100 for this comm, first seen 17th Feb 2026, 19:51] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
k8s Kubernetes container management package
nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #99 for this comm, first seen 17th Feb 2026, 09:51] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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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NAT Network Address Translation
Plex Brand of media server package
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption

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

[Thread #98 for this comm, first seen 16th Feb 2026, 17:21] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
Plex Brand of media server package
VPN Virtual Private Network
XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ('Jabber') for open instant messaging

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

[Thread #97 for this comm, first seen 15th Feb 2026, 18:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
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 7 acronyms.

[Thread #96 for this comm, first seen 15th Feb 2026, 16:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 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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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

[Thread #95 for this comm, first seen 15th Feb 2026, 11:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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

[Thread #94 for this comm, first seen 15th Feb 2026, 03:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
Plex Brand of media server package
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access

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

[Thread #93 for this comm, first seen 14th Feb 2026, 14:01] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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
NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand

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

[Thread #92 for this comm, first seen 13th Feb 2026, 22:01] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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