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 DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network DNS Domain Name Service/System IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email ISP Internet Service Provider NAS Network-Attached Storage NAT Network Address Translation 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 RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SSD Solid State Drive mass storage SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications VPN Virtual Private Network ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity nginx Popular HTTP server [Thread #144 for this comm, first seen 22nd Oct 2026, 07:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [@Two9A@hachyderm.io] [Source code]