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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 CA (SSL) Certificate Authority 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 SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #97 for this comm, first seen 7th Sep 2026, 20:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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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 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 SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #97 for this comm, first seen 7th Sep 2026, 20:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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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 Git Popular version control system, primarily for code SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #97 for this comm, first seen 7th Sep 2026, 20:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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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 Git Popular version control system, primarily for code SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.

[Thread #97 for this comm, first seen 7th Sep 2026, 20:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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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 Git Popular version control system, primarily for code SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #97 for this comm, first seen 7th Sep 2026, 20:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]