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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  • @[email protected]English
    13•1 day ago

    They’re joking. js doesn’t even officially stand for JavaScript due to Oracle’s IP claim over the JavaScript name.

    • @AA5B
      2•13 hours ago

      And even more annoying, JavaScript is not correctly uppercased for common styles

    • irelephant 🍭English
      4•20 hours ago

      Oracle probably makes more money from the dmca than their actual products tbh.