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  • 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
    NAT Network Address Translation
    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)

    [Thread #981 for this sub, first seen 20th Sep 2024, 10:15] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]


  • 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
    NAT Network Address Translation
    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
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    [Thread #980 for this sub, first seen 19th Sep 2024, 20:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]


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    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
    RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    SBC Single-Board Computer

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

    [Thread #979 for this sub, first seen 18th Sep 2024, 08:45] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]


  • 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
    ARP Address Resolution Protocol, translates IPs to MAC addresses
    DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
    IP Internet Protocol
    NAT Network Address Translation

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

    [Thread #978 for this sub, first seen 18th Sep 2024, 08:15] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]





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    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
    PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
    RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

    [Thread #974 for this sub, first seen 17th Sep 2024, 00:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]




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    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
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    HTTPS HTTP over SSL
    IP Internet Protocol
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
    TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL

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

    [Thread #970 for this sub, first seen 13th Sep 2024, 17:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]




  • 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
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    HTTPS HTTP over SSL
    IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
    IP Internet Protocol
    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
    NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
    PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
    Plex Brand of media server package
    SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
    SSO Single Sign-On
    Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging
    k8s Kubernetes container management package
    nginx Popular HTTP server

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

    [Thread #871 for this sub, first seen 15th Jul 2024, 16:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]




  • 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
    LTS Long Term Support software version
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    Plex Brand of media server package
    RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    VPN Virtual Private Network

    [Thread #849 for this sub, first seen 4th Jul 2024, 02:55] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]




  • 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
    Plex Brand of media server package
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native

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

    [Thread #846 for this sub, first seen 3rd Jul 2024, 15:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]