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  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Help making sense of IPs and A recordsEnglish
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    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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    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

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

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

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Question: Is there a Self Hosted Discord like app?English
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    35 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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    IP Internet Protocol
    PIA Private Internet Access brand of VPN
    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 13 acronyms.

    [Thread #79 for this comm, first seen 9th Feb 2026, 22:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•How to Use Local IP for Services when at Home?English
    1·
    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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    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
    PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
    RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
    TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    [Thread #78 for this comm, first seen 9th Feb 2026, 22:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•What's your opinion on Ubiquiti/Unifi gear?English
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    1 hour 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
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    LXC Linux Containers
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
    PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
    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
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

    [Thread #73 for this comm, first seen 8th Feb 2026, 03:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]