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 ESXi | VMWare virtual machine hypervisor IP | Internet Protocol LXC | Linux Containers NAS | Network-Attached Storage NVR | Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV) PiHole | Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole) Plex | Brand of media server package SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage Unifi | Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand VPN | Virtual Private Network VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) ---------------- [Thread #292 for this sub, first seen 21st Nov 2023, 13:45] [[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)]