@Decronym

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 3 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
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NVMe	Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPN	Virtual Private Network

[Thread #49 for this comm, first seen 9th Jul 2026, 21:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 2 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
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
Plex	Brand of media server package
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
ZFS	Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

[Thread #48 for this comm, first seen 9th Jul 2026, 13:00] [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:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
IoT	Internet of Things for device controllers
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #47 for this comm, first seen 8th Jul 2026, 14:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 24 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
SSO	Single Sign-On
UDP	User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #46 for this comm, first seen 7th Jul 2026, 20:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · 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
SFTP	Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx	Popular HTTP server

[Thread #45 for this comm, first seen 7th Jul 2026, 08:30] [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:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
ISP	Internet Service Provider

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

[Thread #44 for this comm, first seen 6th Jul 2026, 18:50] [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:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
ISP	Internet Service Provider
IoT	Internet of Things for device controllers
Plex	Brand of media server package
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPN	Virtual Private Network

[Thread #43 for this comm, first seen 6th Jul 2026, 13:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 1 day 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
RPi	Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC	Single-Board Computer

[Thread #42 for this comm, first seen 6th Jul 2026, 08:50] [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:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
ISP	Internet Service Provider
NAT	Network Address Translation
Plex	Brand of media server package
SSO	Single Sign-On
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)
nginx	Popular HTTP server

[Thread #41 for this comm, first seen 5th Jul 2026, 18:30] [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:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
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

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

[Thread #40 for this comm, first seen 3rd Jul 2026, 12:20] [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
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
ISP	Internet Service Provider
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NAT	Network Address Translation
NUC	Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
PCIe	Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
UDP	User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VPN	Virtual Private Network
ZFS	Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

[Thread #39 for this comm, first seen 3rd Jul 2026, 11:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · edit-2 6 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
IoT	Internet of Things for device controllers
NAT	Network Address Translation
NUC	Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
SBC	Single-Board Computer
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
Unifi	Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand
VPN	Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #38 for this comm, first seen 3rd Jul 2026, 08:50] [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
Plex	Brand of media server package
SMB	Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
VPN	Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #37 for this comm, first seen 2nd Jul 2026, 19:50] [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
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
ISP	Internet Service Provider
NAT	Network Address Translation
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #36 for this comm, first seen 2nd Jul 2026, 12:10] [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
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
LTS	Long Term Support software version
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access

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

[Thread #27 for this comm, first seen 25th Jun 2026, 15:40] [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:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
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
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #5 for this comm, first seen 8th Jun 2026, 12:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]