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 |
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| LXC | Linux Containers |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| NFS | Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency |
| NUC | Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers |
| NVR | Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV) |
| PCIe | Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
| Plex | Brand of media server package |
| PoE | Power over Ethernet |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage |
| SMB | Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| Unifi | Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| ZFS | Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity |
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