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  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldPihole on gateway device?
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    5 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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    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

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

    [Thread #955 for this sub, first seen 7th Sep 2024, 10:25] [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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    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    IP Internet Protocol
    NAT Network Address Translation
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
    SSO Single Sign-On
    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 #951 for this sub, first seen 5th Sep 2024, 10:35] [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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    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

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

    [Thread #948 for this sub, first seen 2nd Sep 2024, 19:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]



  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldEmail wowsers continue
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    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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    IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
    SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
    VNC Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access
    VPN Virtual Private Network

    4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 17 acronyms.

    [Thread #946 for this sub, first seen 1st Sep 2024, 20:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]


  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldProxmox rebuild
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    6 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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    LTS Long Term Support software version
    LXC Linux Containers
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
    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

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

    [Thread #945 for this sub, first seen 1st Sep 2024, 08:05] [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
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    Plex Brand of media server package
    RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    VPN Virtual Private Network

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

    [Thread #944 for this sub, first seen 31st Aug 2024, 22:05] [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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    ESXi VMWare virtual machine hypervisor
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    IP Internet Protocol
    IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
    LTS Long Term Support software version
    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
    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
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    [Thread #943 for this sub, first seen 31st Aug 2024, 15:55] [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:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
    RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

    [Thread #942 for this sub, first seen 30th Aug 2024, 18:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]