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What are your self–hosted alternatives for inter device communication? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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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NAS	Network-Attached Storage
SMB	Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 10 acronyms.

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This community isn't your personal adviser in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz -4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week 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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CSAM	Child Sexual Abuse Material
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
VPN	Virtual Private Network

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This community isn't your personal adviser in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[Meta] Removing definitions from Decronym? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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
CA	(SSL) Certificate Authority
CF	CloudFlare
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
HA	Home Assistant automation software
~	High Availability
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
IP	Internet Protocol
IoT	Internet of Things for device controllers
NAT	Network Address Translation
PCIe	Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
a11y	A(ccessibilit)y
i18n	I(nternationalizatio)n
l10n	L(ocalizatio)n

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What are your self–hosted alternatives for inter device communication? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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
SFTP	Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPN	Virtual Private Network

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

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I think BorgBackup Is Trying To Tell Me Something in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

Do you think my HDD is broken? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

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FCC	Federal Communications Commission
~	(Iron/steel) Face-Centered Cubic crystalline structure
SATA	Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
ULA	United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)

Jargon	Definition
Starlink	SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation

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

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Strava just killed its free API, will require a subscription if you want to build on top of it in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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
CA	(SSL) Certificate Authority
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption

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

[Thread #332 for this comm, first seen 3rd Jun 2026, 14:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

anyone knows what's up with afraid.org? unavailable for a coupla days now in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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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DNS	Domain Name Service/System
IP	Internet Protocol
NVMe	Non-Volatile Memory Express interface 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

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

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Ideas for self hosted door bell in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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
HA	Home Assistant automation software
~	High Availability
IP	Internet Protocol
NVR	Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
PoE	Power over Ethernet
Unifi	Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand

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

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Replacing Ticktick with a Self-Hosted ToDo App in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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
NUC	Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
NVR	Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage

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

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Immich: FUTO — 2 years later in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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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CF	CloudFlare
CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
IP	Internet Protocol
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NAT	Network Address Translation
NUC	Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
UDP	User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

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