Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 13 acronyms.
[Thread #73 for this comm, first seen 4th Aug 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 |
|---|---|
| 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]
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 |
| 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]
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 |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| PCIe | Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
| PSU | Power Supply Unit |
| Plex | Brand of media server package |
| SATA | Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
7 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 12 acronyms.
[Thread #68 for this comm, first seen 31st 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 13 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:
| 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 |
| Git | Popular version control system, primarily for code |
| LTS | Long Term Support software version |
| LVM | (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping |
| 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 |
| PIA | Private Internet Access brand of VPN |
| PoE | Power over Ethernet |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access |
| SSO | Single Sign-On |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
16 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 13 acronyms.
[Thread #30 for this comm, first seen 27th Jun 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:
9 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 13 acronyms.
[Thread #74 for this comm, first seen 6th Aug 2026, 09:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]