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What type of computer setup would one need to run ai locally? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 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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Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NUC	Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
NVR	Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
PSU	Power Supply Unit
Plex	Brand of media server package
PoE	Power over Ethernet
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
Unifi	Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

[Thread #91 for this comm, first seen 13th Feb 2026, 17:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Based on this graph, and this graph alone, guess at what time I completely blocked OpenAI crawlers in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 0 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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CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
NAT	Network Address Translation
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #90 for this comm, first seen 13th Feb 2026, 17:41] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

System requirements for a Matrix server? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] 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
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
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 #89 for this comm, first seen 13th Feb 2026, 15:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Why is self-hosted voice chat so hard? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 12 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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IP	Internet Protocol
NAT	Network Address Translation
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
UDP	User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications

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

[Thread #88 for this comm, first seen 13th Feb 2026, 05:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

If you are not in a tech field, what got you into self-hosting? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] 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
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
Plex	Brand of media server package
SATA	Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #87 for this comm, first seen 12th Feb 2026, 16:01] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

home system setup advice in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] 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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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

[Thread #86 for this comm, first seen 12th Feb 2026, 13:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Element/Matrix Official Docker Install Method? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 3 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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CSAM	Child Sexual Abuse Material
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
LVM	(Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ('Jabber') for open instant messaging
k8s	Kubernetes container management package
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #85 for this comm, first seen 12th Feb 2026, 01:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

In light of changes coming to discord: Sharkord in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] 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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IP	Internet Protocol
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ('Jabber') for open instant messaging

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

[Thread #84 for this comm, first seen 11th Feb 2026, 17:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

How to use Radicale with iOS in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] 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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HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #83 for this comm, first seen 11th Feb 2026, 16:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Simple utility to rename folders/files in a format Jellyfin expects in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] 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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CF	CloudFlare
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #82 for this comm, first seen 10th Feb 2026, 22:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Mixarr – a music discovery companion for Lidarr/Plex in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] 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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Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
IP	Internet Protocol
NFS	Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
Plex	Brand of media server package
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
nginx	Popular HTTP server

[Thread #81 for this comm, first seen 10th Feb 2026, 11:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Help making sense of IPs and A records in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 0 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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HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
LXC	Linux Containers
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx	Popular HTTP server

[Thread #80 for this comm, first seen 10th Feb 2026, 06:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]