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.

  • @[email protected]B
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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
    HA Home Assistant automation software
    ~ High Availability
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email
    LXC Linux Containers
    MQTT Message Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
    SAN Storage Area Network
    SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    a11y A(ccessibilit)y
    i18n I(nternationalizatio)n
    k8s Kubernetes container management package
    l10n L(ocalizatio)n
    nginx Popular HTTP server

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    • @iluminae
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      Ok that’s pretty cool (good bot)

    • @kaktus
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      61 year ago

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

    • Deez
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      21 year ago

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

      • Two9AOP
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        21 year ago

        Added a second meaning for HA, thanks.

    • LazerFX
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      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…

  • Anarch157a
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    61 year ago

    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”

    • mariom
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      101 year ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        41 year ago

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

    • Two9AOP
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      11 year ago

      Thanks; inserted: HA, LXC, SAN

  • @iluminae
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    41 year ago

    How excellent for my MQTT behind nginx next to my pihole

    :)

    • Two9AOP
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      41 year ago

      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.

        • LazerFX
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          21 year ago

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

          • @corvett
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            21 year ago

            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

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

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

    • Two9AOP
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      11 year ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

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

        • Two9AOP
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          11 year ago

          Inserted to the list, thanks.

          • shnizmuffin
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            21 year ago

            There’s also the “number in the middle” gang:

            • K8s (kubernetes)
            • i18n (internationalization)
            • a11y (accessibility)
            • Two9AOP
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              31 year ago

              Mm, added a few numeronyms: i18n, l10n, a11y, k8s.