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[Meta] Decronym is now running on /c/selfhosted

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a thread here asking whether y'all could make use of Decronym the acronym explainer bot, and reaction was positive.

I finally got around to setting up an initial version of the database earlier today, so Decronym is now running; this post links to the current list of 40 or so acronyms that have definitions, based almost entirely on acronyms that been used in the pinned "What do you selfhost" thread.

If I've made glaring errors or omissions, do let me know and the database can be updated. Otherwise, let's see how this thing fares.

http://decronym.xyz/acronyms/selfhosted@lemmy_worldOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
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Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer LettersMore Letters
DNSDomain Name Service/System
HAHome Assistant automation software
~High Availability
HTTPHypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IMAPInternet Message Access Protocol for email
LXCLinux Containers
MQTTMessage Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking
NASNetwork-Attached Storage
PiHoleNetwork-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
SANStorage Area Network
SMTPSimple Mail Transfer Protocol
VPNVirtual Private Network
a11yA(ccessibilit)y
i18nI(nternationalizatio)n
k8sKubernetes container management package
l10nL(ocalizatio)n
nginxPopular HTTP server

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I like that it adds everything into one post instead of replying a dozen times. Good work.

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Looks great, thanks! Tiny quibble, Home Assistant is two words.

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LazerFXreply
kbin.social

Accessing through kbin.social and the table format is not formatted correctly. Assume this is a kbin-problem, not a bot-problem, as looking at it through sh.itjust.works formats correctly...

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lemmy.world

Since this is /c/selfhosted, it would be a good idea to add "HA - HomeAssistant, a popular automation software" to the list. Another one id "LXC - Linux Containers"

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mariomreply
lemmy.world

HA can stand for High Availability as well, depends on the context.

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Yeah, I'd argue HA is more established as high availability than home assistant but that could be my networking side talking.

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lemmy.world

How excellent for my MQTT behind nginx next to my pihole

:)

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Two9Areply
lemmy.world

You make a fine point: it's case-sensitive, so it'd only see PiHole. Which I guess is fine...

It also doesn't kick in until at least five comments have been left on a thread, so as not to be spammy as much as possible.

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LazerFXreply
kbin.social

I wanna see it, so here's another comment to boost - let's get to 5 and test this bot :P

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TIL what an NAS is - I've only worked with SAN systems for work. Let's see about your MQTT and NGINX running 9n the PiHole

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feddit.nl

Is this exclusive to acronyms related to self hosting or also just general acronyms, such as TMI, PLS, YSK, TIL, etc.

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Two9Areply
lemmy.world

The database is domain-specific: here in /c/selfhosted, an acronym like IP (if I had that in the list) would mean something different to a database for (say) /c/legal. General acronyms like YSK aren't included.

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JVT038reply
feddit.nl

Ah ok. Well anyway, maybe add protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, UDP, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, SSL, VPN, Git, TLS, SQL.

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lemmy.inbutts.lol

There's also the "number in the middle" gang:

  • K8s (kubernetes)
  • i18n (internationalization)
  • a11y (accessibility)
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