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Cake day: January 5th, 2026
  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Custom domains and TailscaleEnglish
    1·
    3 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
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    ISP Internet Service Provider
    IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
    PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
    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 17 acronyms.

    [Thread #169 for this comm, first seen 14th Nov 2026, 22:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Hosting matrix or something else for normal peopleEnglish
    1·
    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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    CSAM Child Sexual Abuse Material
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

    6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 17 acronyms.

    [Thread #168 for this comm, first seen 14th Nov 2026, 17:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•How do you solve email?English
    4·
    7 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
    IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
    ISP Internet Service Provider
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

    8 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 17 acronyms.

    [Thread #167 for this comm, first seen 12th Nov 2026, 22:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Self-hosting messaging infrastructureEnglish
    1·
    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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    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    LXC Linux Containers
    NAT Network Address Translation
    UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

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

    [Thread #166 for this comm, first seen 11th Nov 2026, 01:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Do I need https on everythingEnglish
    11·
    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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    CA (SSL) Certificate Authority
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
    SSO Single Sign-On
    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
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    [Thread #162 for this comm, first seen 8th Nov 2026, 18:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•What second hand PC/Laptop should I buy for home-labbing.English
    2·
    5 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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    LXC Linux Containers
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
    NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
    PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
    PSU Power Supply Unit
    RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

    [Thread #161 for this comm, first seen 7th Nov 2026, 19:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•recommendations for small, energy efficient hardwareEnglish
    2·
    5 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
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
    PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    k8s Kubernetes container management package

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

    [Thread #160 for this comm, first seen 7th Nov 2026, 18:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Time to start over...Thoughts on Umbrel OS?English
    1·
    10 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
    LXC Linux Containers
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

    [Thread #158 for this comm, first seen 3rd Nov 2026, 17:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Looking to offload Plex from my gaming PCEnglish
    1·
    9 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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    LXC Linux Containers
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NAT Network Address Translation
    NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
    Plex Brand of media server package
    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

    [Thread #157 for this comm, first seen 3rd Nov 2026, 00:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Is POP email still a thing?English
    4·
    10 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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    CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
    ISP Internet Service Provider
    NAT Network Address Translation
    POP3 Post Office Protocol v3, for email; contrast IMAP
    SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

    [Thread #156 for this comm, first seen 2nd Nov 2026, 23:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•It's self hosting Sunday! What's up?English
    2·
    7 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
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NAT Network Address Translation
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
    PoE Power over Ethernet
    RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    SSO Single Sign-On
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

    [Thread #152 for this comm, first seen 1st Nov 2026, 14:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]