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  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•ContinuwuityEnglish
    6·
    2 minutes 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
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    SSO Single Sign-On
    TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    [Thread #2 for this comm, first seen 5th Jun 2026, 20:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•This community isn't your personal adviserEnglish
    413·
    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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    CF CloudFlare
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
    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 15 acronyms.

    [Thread #337 for this comm, first seen 4th Jun 2026, 18:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•[Meta] Removing definitions from Decronym?English
    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
    CA (SSL) Certificate Authority
    CF CloudFlare
    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
    IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
    NAT Network Address Translation
    PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
    RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
    a11y A(ccessibilit)y
    i18n I(nternationalizatio)n
    l10n L(ocalizatio)n

    [Thread #336 for this comm, first seen 4th Jun 2026, 13:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Do you think my HDD is broken?English
    1·
    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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    FCC Federal Communications Commission
    ~ (Iron/steel) Face-Centered Cubic crystalline structure
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    ULA United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)
    Jargon Definition
    Starlink SpaceX’s world-wide satellite broadband constellation

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

    [Thread #333 for this comm, first seen 3rd Jun 2026, 21:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Ideas for self hosted door bellEnglish
    3·
    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
    HA Home Assistant automation software
    ~ High Availability
    IP Internet Protocol
    NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
    PoE Power over Ethernet
    Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand

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

    [Thread #330 for this comm, first seen 3rd Jun 2026, 11:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Replacing Ticktick with a Self-Hosted ToDo AppEnglish
    11·
    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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    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
    RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

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

    [Thread #329 for this comm, first seen 2nd Jun 2026, 17:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Immich: FUTO — 2 years laterEnglish
    75·
    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
    CF CloudFlare
    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
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
    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)

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

    [Thread #328 for this comm, first seen 2nd Jun 2026, 10:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Question: What are some alternatives to a Raspberry Pi good for a small home server?English
    72·
    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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    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    ESXi VMWare virtual machine hypervisor
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
    PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
    PoE Power over Ethernet
    RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

    [Thread #327 for this comm, first seen 2nd Jun 2026, 07:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•PewDiePie releases Codex/ClaudeCode/Cursor killer, Odysseous (FOSS)English
    154·
    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
    CF CloudFlare
    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
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
    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 5 acronyms.

    [Thread #324 for this comm, first seen 1st Jun 2026, 16:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•The first publicly open instanceEnglish
    1·
    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
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NAT Network Address Translation
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

    [Thread #323 for this comm, first seen 31st May 2026, 19:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Going nuts with networking of VMs on Proxmox (SOLVED)English
    11·
    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
    ARP Address Resolution Protocol, translates IPs to MAC addresses
    DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    IP Internet Protocol
    NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access

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

    [Thread #322 for this comm, first seen 30th May 2026, 20:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]