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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 ISP | Internet Service Provider NAT | Network Address Translation SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access TCP | Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP VPN | Virtual Private Network VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) ---------------- 8 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 12 acronyms. [Thread #286 for this comm, first seen 12th May 2026, 13:20] [[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)]