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  • 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
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    ISP Internet Service Provider
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
    PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
    PSU Power Supply Unit
    PoE Power over Ethernet
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

    [Thread #72 for this comm, first seen 2nd Aug 2026, 22:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]


  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldIs this a good first homeserver?
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    4 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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    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    LVM (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
    PSU Power Supply Unit
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    [Thread #71 for this comm, first seen 2nd Aug 2026, 22:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]


  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldNAS case
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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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    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    PSU Power Supply Unit
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage

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

    [Thread #70 for this comm, first seen 1st Aug 2026, 08:30] [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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    AP WiFi Access Point
    DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    ISP Internet Service Provider
    LVM (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping
    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
    NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
    PIA Private Internet Access brand of VPN
    PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
    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
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    SSO Single Sign-On
    Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    k8s Kubernetes container management package
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    [Thread #69 for this comm, first seen 31st Jul 2026, 20:30] [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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    CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    ISP Internet Service Provider
    NAT Network Address Translation
    NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
    Plex Brand of media server package
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

    12 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 24 acronyms.

    [Thread #66 for this comm, first seen 31st Jul 2026, 00:40] [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
    ISP Internet Service Provider
    MQTT Message Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
    Plex Brand of media server package
    SSO Single Sign-On
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

    [Thread #64 for this comm, first seen 27th Jul 2026, 12:50] [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
    DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    VPN Virtual Private Network

    [Thread #61 for this comm, first seen 23rd Jul 2026, 12:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]


  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world[AIT] paperless-ngx 3.0.0
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    11 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
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    Plex Brand of media server package
    RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
    RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    VPN Virtual Private Network

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

    [Thread #60 for this comm, first seen 23rd Jul 2026, 10:40] [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
    LVM (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
    RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

    [Thread #59 for this comm, first seen 22nd Jul 2026, 06:10] [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
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access

    [Thread #57 for this comm, first seen 20th Jul 2026, 18:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]