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 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 VPN | Virtual Private Network nginx | Popular HTTP server ---------------- 4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 9 acronyms. [Thread #197 for this comm, first seen 29th Mar 2026, 00:20] [[FAQ](http://decronym.xyz/)] [[Full list](http://decronym.xyz/acronyms/selfhosted@lemmy_world)] [[Contact](https://hachyderm.io/@Two9A)] [[Source code](https://gist.github.com/Two9A/1d976f9b7441694162c8)]