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submitted 3 months ago by Kalcifer to c/[email protected]

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nginx ("engine x") is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server. […] [1]

I still pronounce it as "n-jinx" in my head.

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Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
- §"nginx". ¶1.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Wait till you hear about SearXNG or SxncD

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I'm glad there's pronunciations provided, because to me it looks like it should sound like a slur.