nginx (“engine x”) is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server. […] [1]

I still pronounce it as “n-jinx” in my head.

References
  1. Title (website): “nginx”. Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
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  • @shalafiEnglish
    13•1 day ago

    Things like that are called “jargon” and are perfectly normal and acceptable in a given field, always been that way.

    If you don’t know how to pronounce, or even spell, NGINX, you probably have no use for it.