Decronym

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 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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DNS Domain Name Service/System
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
IP Internet Protocol
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

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

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PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

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

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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
IP Internet Protocol
PoE Power over Ethernet
Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand

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

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

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

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CRS Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA
MECO Main Engine Cut-Off
~ MainEngineCutOff podcast
NG New Glenn, two/three-stage orbital vehicle by Blue Origin
~ Natural Gas (as opposed to pure methane)
~ Northrop Grumman, aerospace manufacturer

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 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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AP WiFi Access Point
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS Domain Name Service/System
IP Internet Protocol
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
PoE Power over Ethernet
SBC Single-Board Computer
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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
NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
Plex Brand of media server package
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

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

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 3 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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IP Internet Protocol
NAS Network-Attached Storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

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

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 3 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
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
IP Internet Protocol
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NAT Network Address Translation
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
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC Single-Board Computer
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption

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

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

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NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
PSU Power Supply Unit
VPN Virtual Private Network

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 12 acronyms.

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 1 week 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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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
NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
PSU Power Supply Unit
Plex Brand of media server package
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 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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IP Internet Protocol
NAS Network-Attached Storage
PoE Power over Ethernet
TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week 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
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

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