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 |
| XMPP | Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging |
| k8s | Kubernetes container management package |
[Thread #54 for this comm, first seen 14th Jul 2026, 15:10] [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 |
|---|---|
| CGNAT | Carrier-Grade NAT |
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
[Thread #53 for this comm, first seen 13th Jul 2026, 09:50] [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 |
|---|---|
| CA | (SSL) Certificate Authority |
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL |
| ULA | Unique Local Address (non-routable local address, IPv6) |
| nginx | Popular HTTP server |
[Thread #52 for this comm, first seen 12th Jul 2026, 06:30] [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:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| NUC | Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers |
| PCIe | Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
| SATA | Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage |
| SBC | Single-Board Computer |
[Thread #51 for this comm, first seen 11th Jul 2026, 21:20] [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 |
|---|---|
| AP | WiFi Access Point |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network |
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| NVMe | Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage |
| PiHole | Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole) |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access |
| SSO | Single Sign-On |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
[Thread #50 for this comm, first seen 11th Jul 2026, 12:40] [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 |
|---|---|
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| NVMe | Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage |
| SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.
[Thread #49 for this comm, first seen 9th Jul 2026, 21:50] [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 |
|---|---|
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| Plex | Brand of media server package |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage |
| ZFS | Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity |
[Thread #48 for this comm, first seen 9th Jul 2026, 13:00] [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 |
|---|---|
| Git | Popular version control system, primarily for code |
| IoT | Internet of Things for device controllers |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
[Thread #47 for this comm, first seen 8th Jul 2026, 14:40] [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 |
|---|---|
| SSO | Single Sign-On |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 5 acronyms.
[Thread #46 for this comm, first seen 7th Jul 2026, 20:50] [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 |
|---|---|
| SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH |
| SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
| nginx | Popular HTTP server |
[Thread #45 for this comm, first seen 7th Jul 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:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network |
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 13 acronyms.
[Thread #44 for this comm, first seen 6th Jul 2026, 18:50] [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 |
|---|---|
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| Git | Popular version control system, primarily for code |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| IoT | Internet of Things for device controllers |
| Plex | Brand of media server package |
| SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access |
| SSO | Single Sign-On |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
[Thread #43 for this comm, first seen 6th Jul 2026, 13:20] [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 |
|---|---|
| AP | WiFi Access Point |
| RPi | Raspberry Pi brand of SBC |
| SBC | Single-Board Computer |
[Thread #42 for this comm, first seen 6th Jul 2026, 08:50] [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 |
|---|---|
| CA | (SSL) Certificate Authority |
| CGNAT | Carrier-Grade NAT |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network |
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| Plex | Brand of media server package |
| SSO | Single Sign-On |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
| nginx | Popular HTTP server |
[Thread #41 for this comm, first seen 5th Jul 2026, 18:30] [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:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| LAMP | Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP stack for webhosting |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| NFS | Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency |
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 3 acronyms.
[Thread #40 for this comm, first seen 3rd Jul 2026, 12:20] [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 |
|---|---|
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol, translates IPs to MAC addresses |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network |
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| NUC | Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers |
| PCIe | Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| ZFS | Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity |
[Thread #39 for this comm, first seen 3rd Jul 2026, 11:10] [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 |
|---|---|
| AP | WiFi Access Point |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol, translates IPs to MAC addresses |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network |
| IoT | Internet of Things for device controllers |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| NUC | Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers |
| SBC | Single-Board Computer |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| Unifi | Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
10 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 12 acronyms.
[Thread #38 for this comm, first seen 3rd Jul 2026, 08:50] [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 |
|---|---|
| Plex | Brand of media server package |
| SMB | Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 12 acronyms.
[Thread #37 for this comm, first seen 2nd Jul 2026, 19:50] [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 |
|---|---|
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| Git | Popular version control system, primarily for code |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL |
| 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 11 acronyms.
[Thread #36 for this comm, first seen 2nd Jul 2026, 12:10] [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:
[Thread #55 for this comm, first seen 15th Jul 2026, 22:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]