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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 AP WiFi Access Point DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network DNS Domain Name Service/System Git Popular version control system, primarily for code LTS Long Term Support software version LVM (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping LXC Linux Containers NAS Network-Attached Storage NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage PIA Private Internet Access brand of VPN PoE Power over Ethernet SSD Solid State Drive mass storage SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access SSO Single Sign-On VPN Virtual Private Network

16 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 13 acronyms.

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