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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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NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VNC Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #100 for this comm, first seen 9th Sep 2026, 20:40] [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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CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS Domain Name Service/System
ISP Internet Service Provider
NAT Network Address Translation
UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications
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 8 acronyms.

[Thread #99 for this comm, first seen 8th Sep 2026, 20:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

on Jellyfin 12 Released · c/selfhosted · 14 pts · 2d

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
NAS Network-Attached Storage
Plex Brand of media server package
SSO Single Sign-On
VPN Virtual Private Network

[Thread #98 for this comm, first seen 8th Sep 2026, 17:10] [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:

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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
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)

[Thread #97 for this comm, first seen 7th Sep 2026, 20:40] [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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DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS Domain Name Service/System
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
Plex Brand of media server package
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC Single-Board Computer
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #96 for this comm, first seen 7th Sep 2026, 18:20] [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:

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NAS Network-Attached Storage
PSU Power Supply Unit
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

[Thread #95 for this comm, first seen 3rd Sep 2026, 15:30] [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
ISP Internet Service Provider
NAT Network Address Translation

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

[Thread #94 for this comm, first seen 2nd Sep 2026, 22:50] [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:

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DNS Domain Name Service/System
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #93 for this comm, first seen 2nd Sep 2026, 15:20] [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:

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BECO Booster Engine Cut-Off
MECO Main Engine Cut-Off
~ MainEngineCutOff podcast
SECO Second-stage Engine Cut-Off
SES Formerly Société Européenne des Satellites, comsat operator
~ Second-stage Engine Start

[Thread #7 for this comm, first seen 31st Aug 2026, 06:25] [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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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
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
VPN Virtual Private Network

[Thread #92 for this comm, first seen 31st Aug 2026, 01:30] [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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GSE Ground Support Equipment
NOTAM Notice to Air Missions of flight hazards
Jargon Definition
scrub Launch postponement for any reason (commonly GSE issues)

[Thread #6 for this comm, first seen 29th Aug 2026, 16:45] [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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Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
NAS Network-Attached Storage
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access

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

[Thread #91 for this comm, first seen 29th Aug 2026, 14:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

on Why homelab? · c/selfhosted · 1 pts · 13d

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
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC Single-Board Computer
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 3 acronyms.

[Thread #90 for this comm, first seen 28th Aug 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:

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AP WiFi Access Point
DNS Domain Name Service/System
HASS Home Assistant automation software
ISP Internet Service Provider
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
NAT Network Address Translation
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
PoE Power over Ethernet
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #89 for this comm, first seen 27th Aug 2026, 15:50] [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:

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SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #88 for this comm, first seen 26th Aug 2026, 14:50] [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:

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IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
LTT Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel
LXC Linux Containers
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
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

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

[Thread #87 for this comm, first seen 26th Aug 2026, 08:10] [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:

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DNS Domain Name Service/System
LXC Linux Containers
NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
SBC Single-Board Computer
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN Virtual Private Network
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

[Thread #86 for this comm, first seen 25th Aug 2026, 14:10] [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:

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NAS Network-Attached Storage
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

[Thread #85 for this comm, first seen 22nd Aug 2026, 01:30] [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
ISP Internet Service Provider
NAT Network Address Translation
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

9 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 18 acronyms.

[Thread #84 for this comm, first seen 21st Aug 2026, 16:20] [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
DNS Domain Name Service/System
Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

[Thread #83 for this comm, first seen 21st Aug 2026, 13:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]