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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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HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
NAT Network Address Translation
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)

[Thread #981 for this sub, first seen 20th Sep 2024, 10:15] [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
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
NAT Network Address Translation
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
VPN Virtual Private Network
XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging
nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #980 for this sub, first seen 19th Sep 2024, 20:25] [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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NAS Network-Attached Storage
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SBC Single-Board Computer

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

[Thread #979 for this sub, first seen 18th Sep 2024, 08:45] [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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AP WiFi Access Point
ARP Address Resolution Protocol, translates IPs to MAC addresses
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
IP Internet Protocol
NAT Network Address Translation

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

[Thread #978 for this sub, first seen 18th Sep 2024, 08:15] [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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CF CloudFlare
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

[Thread #977 for this sub, first seen 18th Sep 2024, 03:15] [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
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VNC Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access

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

[Thread #976 for this sub, first seen 17th Sep 2024, 11:25] [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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Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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

[Thread #975 for this sub, first seen 17th Sep 2024, 10:35] [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
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

[Thread #974 for this sub, first seen 17th Sep 2024, 00:25] [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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NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
Plex Brand of media server package
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption

[Thread #973 for this sub, first seen 16th Sep 2024, 21:35] [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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LVM (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping
LXC Linux Containers
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

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

[Thread #972 for this sub, first seen 16th Sep 2024, 14:05] [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
IP Internet Protocol
NAS Network-Attached Storage
Plex Brand of media server package
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
VPN Virtual Private Network

[Thread #971 for this sub, first seen 16th Sep 2024, 05:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]


@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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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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DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS Domain Name Service/System
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
IP Internet Protocol
NAS Network-Attached Storage
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL

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

[Thread #970 for this sub, first seen 13th Sep 2024, 17:25] [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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CA (SSL) Certificate Authority
CF CloudFlare
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

9 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.

[Thread #969 for this sub, first seen 12th Sep 2024, 15:05] [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
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS Domain Name Service/System
IP Internet Protocol
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NAT Network Address Translation
Plex Brand of media server package
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 #968 for this sub, first seen 12th Sep 2024, 08:55] [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
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
VPN Virtual Private Network
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #967 for this sub, first seen 11th Sep 2024, 19:25] [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:

Fewer Letters More Letters
DNS Domain Name Service/System
Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
IP Internet Protocol
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPN Virtual Private Network
nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #966 for this sub, first seen 11th Sep 2024, 17:45] [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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IP Internet Protocol
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

[Thread #965 for this sub, first seen 11th Sep 2024, 13:45] [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:

Fewer Letters More Letters
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
LXC Linux Containers
nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #964 for this sub, first seen 10th Sep 2024, 23:45] [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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AP WiFi Access Point
IP Internet Protocol
LXC Linux Containers
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #963 for this sub, first seen 10th Sep 2024, 14:45] [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:

Fewer Letters More Letters
DNS Domain Name Service/System
Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
IP Internet Protocol
SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #962 for this sub, first seen 10th Sep 2024, 12:25] [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:

Fewer Letters More Letters
AP WiFi Access Point
CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS Domain Name Service/System
ESXi VMWare virtual machine hypervisor
Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
LTS Long Term Support software version
LTT Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NAT Network Address Translation
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
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #961 for this sub, first seen 9th Sep 2024, 20:55] [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
VPN Virtual Private Network
nginx Popular HTTP server

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.

[Thread #960 for this sub, first seen 9th Sep 2024, 11:55] [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
IP Internet Protocol
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSO Single Sign-On
TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
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 11 acronyms.

[Thread #959 for this sub, first seen 8th Sep 2024, 20:35] [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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NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
PSU Power Supply Unit
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

[Thread #958 for this sub, first seen 8th Sep 2024, 16:15] [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
IP Internet Protocol
NAS Network-Attached Storage
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 #957 for this sub, first seen 8th Sep 2024, 14:05] [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
SSO Single Sign-On
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #956 for this sub, first seen 8th Sep 2024, 13:25] [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
IP Internet Protocol
PoE Power over Ethernet
Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand

[Thread #955 for this sub, first seen 7th Sep 2024, 10:25] [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:

Fewer Letters More Letters
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx Popular HTTP server

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

[Thread #954 for this sub, first seen 6th Sep 2024, 05:35] [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
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

[Thread #953 for this sub, first seen 5th Sep 2024, 23:05] [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
CA (SSL) Certificate Authority
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #952 for this sub, first seen 5th Sep 2024, 21:45] [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:

Fewer Letters More Letters
DNS Domain Name Service/System
IP Internet Protocol
NAT Network Address Translation
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
SSO Single Sign-On
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)

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

[Thread #951 for this sub, first seen 5th Sep 2024, 10:35] [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
IP Internet Protocol
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NAT Network Address Translation

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

[Thread #950 for this sub, first seen 4th Sep 2024, 05:35] [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
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #949 for this sub, first seen 3rd Sep 2024, 14:45] [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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SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

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

[Thread #948 for this sub, first seen 2nd Sep 2024, 19:35] [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
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.

[Thread #947 for this sub, first seen 2nd Sep 2024, 12:55] [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
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
VNC Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access
VPN Virtual Private Network

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 17 acronyms.

[Thread #946 for this sub, first seen 1st Sep 2024, 20:35] [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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LTS Long Term Support software version
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

7 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 16 acronyms.

[Thread #945 for this sub, first seen 1st Sep 2024, 08:05] [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
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
Plex Brand of media server package
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC Single-Board Computer
VPN Virtual Private Network

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

[Thread #944 for this sub, first seen 31st Aug 2024, 22:05] [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
ESXi VMWare virtual machine hypervisor
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
LTS Long Term Support software version
LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage
Plex Brand of media server package
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass 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
VPN Virtual Private Network
ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity
nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #943 for this sub, first seen 31st Aug 2024, 15:55] [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
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC Single-Board Computer
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

7 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.

[Thread #942 for this sub, first seen 30th Aug 2024, 18:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]