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 |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.
[Thread #104 for this comm, first seen 19th Feb 2026, 11:31] [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 |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
[Thread #103 for this comm, first seen 18th Feb 2026, 19:21] [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 |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web |
| HTTPS | HTTP over SSL |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL |
| nginx | Popular HTTP server |
6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 6 acronyms.
[Thread #102 for this comm, first seen 18th Feb 2026, 14:11] [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 |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| NUC | Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers |
| PCIe | Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
| PSU | Power Supply Unit |
| 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 |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
| ZFS | Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity |
[Thread #101 for this comm, first seen 17th Feb 2026, 20:41] [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 |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks 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 12 acronyms.
[Thread #100 for this comm, first seen 17th Feb 2026, 19:51] [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 |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption |
| nginx | Popular HTTP server |
5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 6 acronyms.
[Thread #99 for this comm, first seen 17th Feb 2026, 09:51] [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 |
|---|---|
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| Plex | Brand of media server package |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption |
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.
[Thread #98 for this comm, first seen 16th Feb 2026, 17:21] [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 |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| Plex | Brand of media server package |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| XMPP | Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging |
5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 6 acronyms.
[Thread #97 for this comm, first seen 15th Feb 2026, 18:10] [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 |
|---|---|
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| 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 7 acronyms.
[Thread #96 for this comm, first seen 15th Feb 2026, 16:10] [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 |
|---|---|
| NFS | Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| k8s | Kubernetes container management package |
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 6 acronyms.
[Thread #95 for this comm, first seen 15th Feb 2026, 11:20] [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 |
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web |
| HTTPS | HTTP over SSL |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| 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) |
[Thread #94 for this comm, first seen 15th Feb 2026, 03:10] [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 |
|---|---|
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web |
| Plex | Brand of media server package |
| SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access |
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.
[Thread #93 for this comm, first seen 14th Feb 2026, 14:01] [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 |
|---|---|
| HA | Home Assistant automation software |
| ~ | High Availability |
| NVR | Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV) |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| Unifi | Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand |
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.
[Thread #92 for this comm, first seen 13th Feb 2026, 22:01] [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 |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| NUC | Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers |
| NVR | Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV) |
| PSU | Power Supply Unit |
| Plex | Brand of media server package |
| PoE | Power over Ethernet |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| Unifi | Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
11 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 5 acronyms.
[Thread #91 for this comm, first seen 13th Feb 2026, 17:50] [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 |
|---|---|
| CGNAT | Carrier-Grade NAT |
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| Git | Popular version control system, primarily for code |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| nginx | Popular HTTP server |
5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.
[Thread #90 for this comm, first seen 13th Feb 2026, 17:41] [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 |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
| XMPP | Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging |
5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.
[Thread #89 for this comm, first seen 13th Feb 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:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications |
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 5 acronyms.
[Thread #88 for this comm, first seen 13th Feb 2026, 05:10] [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 |
|---|---|
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| Plex | Brand of media server package |
| SATA | Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
[Thread #87 for this comm, first seen 12th Feb 2026, 16:01] [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 |
| 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 |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| ZFS | Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity |
[Thread #86 for this comm, first seen 12th Feb 2026, 13:10] [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:
4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.
[Thread #105 for this comm, first seen 19th Feb 2026, 18:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]