@Decronym

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:

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FTS	Flight Termination System
IP	Internet Protocol
UDP	User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
WDR	Wet Dress Rehearsal (with fuel onboard)

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 19 acronyms.

[Thread #147 for this comm, first seen 8th Mar 2026, 16:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 44 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
IP	Internet Protocol
NAT	Network Address Translation
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 19 acronyms.

[Thread #146 for this comm, first seen 8th Mar 2026, 10:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 14 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
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
LXC	Linux Containers
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
nginx	Popular HTTP server

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 19 acronyms.

[Thread #145 for this comm, first seen 8th Mar 2026, 00:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 10 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
NAT	Network Address Translation

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 18 acronyms.

[Thread #144 for this comm, first seen 7th Mar 2026, 09:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 14 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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HA	Home Assistant automation software
~	High Availability
IP	Internet Protocol
MQTT	Message Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking
Zigbee	Wireless mesh network for low-power devices

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

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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 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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DNS	Domain Name Service/System
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
LXC	Linux Containers
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 19 acronyms.

[Thread #140 for this comm, first seen 7th Mar 2026, 01:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 54 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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HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
VPN	Virtual Private Network
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 19 acronyms.

[Thread #139 for this comm, first seen 6th Mar 2026, 20:30] [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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AP	WiFi Access Point
PCIe	Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
PoE	Power over Ethernet
Unifi	Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand
VPN	Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #138 for this comm, first seen 6th Mar 2026, 11:40] [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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CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
IP	Internet Protocol
NAT	Network Address Translation
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #137 for this comm, first seen 6th Mar 2026, 10:00] [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
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
IP	Internet Protocol
LXC	Linux Containers
NAT	Network Address Translation
Plex	Brand of media server package
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

7 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 19 acronyms.

[Thread #136 for this comm, first seen 6th Mar 2026, 09:50] [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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PSU	Power Supply Unit
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

[Thread #135 for this comm, first seen 6th Mar 2026, 08:50] [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
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
Plex	Brand of media server package
nginx	Popular HTTP server

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 19 acronyms.

[Thread #134 for this comm, first seen 5th Mar 2026, 16:50] [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
LXC	Linux Containers
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL

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

[Thread #133 for this comm, first seen 4th Mar 2026, 10:50] [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
CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
IP	Internet Protocol
NAT	Network Address Translation
PSU	Power Supply Unit
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
UDP	User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
Unifi	Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand
VNC	Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
k8s	Kubernetes container management package

[Thread #132 for this comm, first seen 4th Mar 2026, 02:40] [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
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
NAT	Network Address Translation
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #131 for this comm, first seen 3rd Mar 2026, 00:01] [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:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
IP	Internet Protocol
NAT	Network Address Translation
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx	Popular HTTP server

[Thread #130 for this comm, first seen 2nd Mar 2026, 21:10] [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
AP	WiFi Access Point
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

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

[Thread #129 for this comm, first seen 2nd Mar 2026, 17:10] [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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NAS	Network-Attached Storage
SBC	Single-Board Computer
SMB	Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage

[Thread #128 for this comm, first seen 2nd Mar 2026, 12:30] [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:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
IP	Internet Protocol
NAT	Network Address Translation
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
SSO	Single Sign-On
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
UDP	User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VNC	Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #127 for this comm, first seen 2nd Mar 2026, 10:00] [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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DNS	Domain Name Service/System
PiHole	Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

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

[Thread #126 for this comm, first seen 2nd Mar 2026, 07:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]