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  • 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
    ESXi VMWare virtual machine hypervisor
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    IP Internet Protocol
    LTS Long Term Support software version
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
    Plex Brand of media server package
    RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    SSO Single Sign-On
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

    [Thread #54 for this comm, first seen 2nd Feb 2026, 02:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]


  • 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
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption

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

    [Thread #53 for this comm, first seen 1st Feb 2026, 15:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]



  • 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
    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
    IP Internet Protocol
    MQTT Message Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NAT Network Address Translation
    NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
    NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
    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
    VNC Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    [Thread #51 for this comm, first seen 1st Feb 2026, 10:01] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]


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    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
    HA Home Assistant automation software
    ~ High Availability
    PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
    Plex Brand of media server package
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    Zigbee Wireless mesh network for low-power devices

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

    [Thread #50 for this comm, first seen 1st Feb 2026, 09:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]


  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldSystem Redundancy
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    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
    HA Home Assistant automation software
    ~ High Availability
    IP Internet Protocol
    LXC Linux Containers
    NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
    PoE Power over Ethernet
    SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native

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

    [Thread #49 for this comm, first seen 31st Jan 2026, 18:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]





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

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    IP Internet Protocol
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    VPN Virtual Private Network

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

    [Thread #45 for this comm, first seen 30th Jan 2026, 13:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]


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

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    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
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    [Thread #44 for this comm, first seen 30th Jan 2026, 12:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]



  • 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
    LXC Linux Containers
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    Plex Brand of media server package
    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)
    k8s Kubernetes container management package

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

    [Thread #42 for this comm, first seen 29th Jan 2026, 11:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]



  • 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
    IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
    LAMP Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP stack for webhosting
    LXC Linux Containers
    Plex Brand of media server package
    RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
    SSO Single Sign-On
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

    [Thread #40 for this comm, first seen 29th Jan 2026, 05:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]