@Decronym

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · 3 hours 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
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
VNC	Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access

[Thread #58 for this comm, first seen 21st Jul 2026, 20:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 25 minutes 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
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
RPi	Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC	Single-Board Computer
SFTP	Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access

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

[Thread #57 for this comm, first seen 20th Jul 2026, 18:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 1 day 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
NFS	Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
Plex	Brand of media server package

[Thread #56 for this comm, first seen 19th Jul 2026, 03:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · 6 days 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
ISP	Internet Service Provider
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
VPN	Virtual Private Network

[Thread #55 for this comm, first seen 15th Jul 2026, 22:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 4 days 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
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging
k8s	Kubernetes container management package

[Thread #54 for this comm, first seen 14th Jul 2026, 15:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · 9 days 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
ISP	Internet Service Provider
NAT	Network Address Translation
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #53 for this comm, first seen 13th Jul 2026, 09:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 5 days ago

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

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CA	(SSL) Certificate Authority
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
ISP	Internet Service Provider
NAT	Network Address Translation
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
ULA	Unique Local Address (non-routable local address, IPv6)
nginx	Popular HTTP server

[Thread #52 for this comm, first seen 12th Jul 2026, 06:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 8 days ago

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

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NUC	Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
PCIe	Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
SATA	Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SBC	Single-Board Computer

[Thread #51 for this comm, first seen 11th Jul 2026, 21:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 6 days 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
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
NAT	Network Address Translation
NVMe	Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
PiHole	Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSO	Single Sign-On
VPN	Virtual Private Network

[Thread #50 for this comm, first seen 11th Jul 2026, 12:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 10 days 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
NVMe	Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPN	Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #49 for this comm, first seen 9th Jul 2026, 21:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 9 days 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
Plex	Brand of media server package
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
ZFS	Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

[Thread #48 for this comm, first seen 9th Jul 2026, 13:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 13 days 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
IoT	Internet of Things for device controllers
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #47 for this comm, first seen 8th Jul 2026, 14:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 11 days ago

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

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SSO	Single Sign-On
UDP	User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

[Thread #46 for this comm, first seen 7th Jul 2026, 20:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · 15 days ago

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

Fewer Letters	More Letters
SFTP	Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx	Popular HTTP server

[Thread #45 for this comm, first seen 7th Jul 2026, 08:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 2 days 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
ISP	Internet Service Provider

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

[Thread #44 for this comm, first seen 6th Jul 2026, 18:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 9 days ago

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
ISP	Internet Service Provider
IoT	Internet of Things for device controllers
Plex	Brand of media server package
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSO	Single Sign-On
VPN	Virtual Private Network

[Thread #43 for this comm, first seen 6th Jul 2026, 13:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 12 days 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
RPi	Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC	Single-Board Computer

[Thread #42 for this comm, first seen 6th Jul 2026, 08:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 10 days ago

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

Fewer Letters	More Letters
CA	(SSL) Certificate Authority
CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
ISP	Internet Service Provider
NAT	Network Address Translation
Plex	Brand of media server package
SSO	Single Sign-On
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)
nginx	Popular HTTP server

[Thread #41 for this comm, first seen 5th Jul 2026, 18:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 14 days ago

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

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LAMP	Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP stack for webhosting
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NFS	Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency

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

[Thread #40 for this comm, first seen 3rd Jul 2026, 12:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 15 days ago

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
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
ISP	Internet Service Provider
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NAT	Network Address Translation
NUC	Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
PCIe	Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
UDP	User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VPN	Virtual Private Network
ZFS	Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

[Thread #39 for this comm, first seen 3rd Jul 2026, 11:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]