• 0 Posts
  • 9 Comments
Joined 3 months ago
Cake day: January 5th, 2026
  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•What are your favorite low-footprint self-hosted services?English
    31·
    7 hours ago

    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
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    IP Internet Protocol
    LAMP Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP stack for webhosting
    SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging
    nginx Popular HTTP server

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

    [Thread #182 for this comm, first seen 21st Mar 2026, 16:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Booklore is officially deadEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    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
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    HTTPS HTTP over SSL
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption

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

    [Thread #175 for this comm, first seen 16th Mar 2026, 22:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•a VPN that is easily self-hostable and resistant to blocking?English
    1·
    5 days ago

    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
    TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
    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)

    9 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 14 acronyms.

    [Thread #171 for this comm, first seen 16th Mar 2026, 17:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•noob questions seeking non-noob answersEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    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
    HTTPS HTTP over SSL
    IP Internet Protocol
    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
    SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
    SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
    ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

    [Thread #168 for this comm, first seen 15th Mar 2026, 22:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Welcome to !selfhosted@lemmy.world - What do you selfhost?English
    1·
    22 hours ago

    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
    LXC Linux Containers
    MECO Main Engine Cut-Off
    ~ MainEngineCutOff podcast
    NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
    PoE Power over Ethernet
    ROC Range Operations Coordinator
    ~ Radius of Curvature
    RP-1 Rocket Propellant 1 (enhanced kerosene)
    SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar (increasing resolution with parallax)
    SECO Second-stage Engine Cut-Off
    SES Formerly Société Européenne des Satellites, comsat operator
    ~ Second-stage Engine Start
    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

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

    [Thread #11 for this comm, first seen 11th Jan 2026, 14:55] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]