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Cake day: January 5th, 2026
  • Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Refurbished hard drive retailersbyDecronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzbot accountEnglish
    2 days

    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
    RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

    [Thread #118 for this comm, first seen 5th Oct 2026, 12:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Selfhosted@lemmy.world•How is everyone dealing with Android 17's "Nearby Devices" change?byDecronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzbot accountEnglish
    5 days

    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)
    XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

    [Thread #115 for this comm, first seen 27th Sep 2026, 20:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Can you run multiple servers on one machine (e.g. Raspberry Pi)?byDecronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzbot accountEnglish
    4 days

    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
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
    PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
    PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
    RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
    RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    VPN Virtual Private Network

    [Thread #114 for this comm, first seen 27th Sep 2026, 15:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Selfhosted@lemmy.world•how do you manage your server?byDecronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzbot accountEnglish
    7 days

    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
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    ISP Internet Service Provider
    LVM (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    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
    SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH
    SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity
    k8s Kubernetes container management package

    [Thread #113 for this comm, first seen 26th Sep 2026, 12:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Selfhosted@lemmy.world•DC UPS for router?byDecronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzbot accountEnglish
    11 days

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

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    PSU Power Supply Unit
    PoE Power over Ethernet
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

    [Thread #112 for this comm, first seen 25th Sep 2026, 15:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Why use Proxmox over Podman or Docker?byDecronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzbot accountEnglish
    8 days

    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
    ESXi VMWare virtual machine hypervisor
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    LXC Linux Containers
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

    [Thread #111 for this comm, first seen 24th Sep 2026, 14:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Where to start with setting up my own server?byDecronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzbot accountEnglish
    14 days

    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
    IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
    LXC Linux Containers
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    PSU Power Supply Unit
    Plex Brand of media server package
    PoE Power over Ethernet
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
    SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    nginx Popular HTTP server

    [Thread #108 for this comm, first seen 21st Sep 2026, 05:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Email for self hosted services? (Not personal email)byDecronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzbot accountEnglish
    18 hours

    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
    IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
    ISP Internet Service Provider
    LXC Linux Containers
    SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
    TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    k8s Kubernetes container management package

    [Thread #106 for this comm, first seen 19th Sep 2026, 02:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Welcome to [email protected] - What do you selfhost?byDecronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzbot accountEnglish
    5 days

    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
    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
    RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    SSO Single Sign-On
    VNC Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

    [Thread #30 for this comm, first seen 27th Jun 2026, 20:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]