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  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•TrueNAS build system going closed sourceEnglish
    156·
    10 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
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    LTT Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    PIA Private Internet Access brand of VPN
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

    [Thread #153 for this comm, first seen 10th Mar 2026, 00:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Do you stick to the same linux distro across your devices?English
    31·
    25 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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    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    LTS Long Term Support software version
    LXC Linux Containers
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
    Plex Brand of media server package
    SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

    10 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 19 acronyms.

    [Thread #152 for this comm, first seen 9th Mar 2026, 16:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Notes on full disk encryption on a Hetzner cloud VPSEnglish
    52·
    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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    DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
    IP Internet Protocol
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

    [Thread #151 for this comm, first seen 9th Mar 2026, 14:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•SelfHosting Guilty Pleasure(s)English
    2·
    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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    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    VPN Virtual Private Network

    3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 19 acronyms.

    [Thread #150 for this comm, first seen 9th Mar 2026, 10:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Sftp client gor android?English
    4·
    2 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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    SCP Secure Copy encrypted file transfer tool, authenticates and transfers over SSH
    SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH
    SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access

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

    [Thread #149 for this comm, first seen 9th Mar 2026, 05:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•ntfy.sh v2.18.0 was written by AIEnglish
    104·
    16 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
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    IP Internet Protocol
    MQTT Message Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking
    NAT Network Address Translation
    XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

    6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 15 acronyms.

    [Thread #146 for this comm, first seen 8th Mar 2026, 10:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Popular self-hosting services worth runningEnglish
    1110·
    20 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
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    IP Internet Protocol
    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
    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 15 acronyms.

    [Thread #145 for this comm, first seen 8th Mar 2026, 00:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Netbird is king.English
    74·
    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
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    IP Internet Protocol
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
    TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    8 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 19 acronyms.

    [Thread #143 for this comm, first seen 7th Mar 2026, 07:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•What's your self-hosting success of the week?English
    7·
    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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    AP WiFi Access Point
    CA (SSL) Certificate Authority
    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
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
    IP Internet Protocol
    MQTT Message Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    SCP Secure Copy encrypted file transfer tool, authenticates and transfers over SSH
    SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
    TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging
    k8s Kubernetes container management package
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    [Thread #142 for this comm, first seen 7th Mar 2026, 06:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Rate limitingEnglish
    1·
    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
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    IP Internet Protocol
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    nginx Popular HTTP server

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

    [Thread #139 for this comm, first seen 6th Mar 2026, 20:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Opnsense, tailscale and headscaleEnglish
    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
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    IP Internet Protocol
    LXC Linux Containers
    NAT Network Address Translation
    Plex Brand of media server package
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

    7 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 19 acronyms.

    [Thread #136 for this comm, first seen 6th Mar 2026, 09:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]