@Decronym

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 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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CF	CloudFlare
CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
IP	Internet Protocol
NAT	Network Address Translation
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 8 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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CA	(SSL) Certificate Authority
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption

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

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 2 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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NAS	Network-Attached Storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPN	Virtual Private Network
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

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

[Thread #179 for this comm, first seen 17th Mar 2026, 09:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 2 hours ago

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
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

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

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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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FTS	Flight Termination System
LOX	Liquid Oxygen
SECO	Second-stage Engine Cut-Off
SES	Formerly Société Européenne des Satellites, comsat operator
~	Second-stage Engine Start
USSF	United States Space Force

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

[Thread #177 for this comm, first seen 17th Mar 2026, 06:40] [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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CA	(SSL) Certificate Authority
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #176 for this comm, first seen 16th Mar 2026, 23:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 4 hours ago

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
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption

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

[Thread #175 for this comm, first seen 16th Mar 2026, 22:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · 2 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
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
nginx	Popular HTTP server

[Thread #174 for this comm, first seen 16th Mar 2026, 21:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 8 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
IP	Internet Protocol
PiHole	Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
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 #173 for this comm, first seen 16th Mar 2026, 21:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 11 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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CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
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
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
IP	Internet Protocol
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NAT	Network Address Translation
PiHole	Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
RPi	Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC	Single-Board Computer
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
VPN	Virtual Private Network
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

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

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 2 hours 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
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
IP	Internet Protocol
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
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)

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

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 22 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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CSAM	Child Sexual Abuse Material
SSO	Single Sign-On
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

[Thread #170 for this comm, first seen 16th Mar 2026, 13:20] [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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SMB	Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPN	Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #169 for this comm, first seen 16th Mar 2026, 00:10] [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:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
IP	Internet Protocol
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
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
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
ZFS	Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

[Thread #168 for this comm, first seen 15th Mar 2026, 22:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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

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

Fewer Letters	More Letters
CF	CloudFlare
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

[Thread #167 for this comm, first seen 15th Mar 2026, 17:10] [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:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NUC	Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
NVMe	Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
NVR	Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
Plex	Brand of media server package
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN	Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #166 for this comm, first seen 15th Mar 2026, 12:30] [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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Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
SSO	Single Sign-On

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

[Thread #165 for this comm, first seen 15th Mar 2026, 00:40] [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:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
IP	Internet Protocol
VPN	Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #164 for this comm, first seen 14th Mar 2026, 15:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 3 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
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NVMe	Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
PCIe	Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
ZFS	Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

[Thread #163 for this comm, first seen 14th Mar 2026, 04:40] [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:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
VPN	Virtual Private Network
nginx	Popular HTTP server

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 13 acronyms.

[Thread #162 for this comm, first seen 13th Mar 2026, 21:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]