[-] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 21 minutes ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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CA (SSL) Certificate Authority
DNS Domain Name Service/System
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
IP Internet Protocol
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 2 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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AP WiFi Access Point
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
MQTT Message Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NAT Network Address Translation

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

[Thread #855 for this sub, first seen 7th Jul 2024, 00:15] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[-] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour 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
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
IP Internet Protocol
LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
nginx Popular HTTP server

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 2 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
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SSO Single Sign-On

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

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 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
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NAT Network Address Translation
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 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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ESXi VMWare virtual machine hypervisor
LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SBC Single-Board Computer
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

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

[Thread #851 for this sub, first seen 6th Jul 2024, 02:25] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 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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IP Internet Protocol
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
VPN Virtual Private Network

[Thread #850 for this sub, first seen 4th Jul 2024, 14:45] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 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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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]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 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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DNS Domain Name Service/System
NAS Network-Attached Storage
Plex Brand of media server package

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

[Thread #847 for this sub, first seen 3rd Jul 2024, 17:15] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 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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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 8 acronyms.

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

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 1 day 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
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption

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

[Thread #844 for this sub, first seen 2nd Jul 2024, 13:05] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

[-] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 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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AP WiFi Access Point
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
NAT Network Address Translation
PoE Power over Ethernet
TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

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