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.

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  1. Title (website): “nginx”. Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
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  • JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    It doesn’t matter what it stands for. That’s not how acronyms work.

    You don’t say “yolwa” for “YOLO”
    You don’t say “Ah-ih-dees” for “AIDS”
    You don’t say “britches” for “BRICS”
    You don’t say “sue-knee” for “CUNY” (City University of New York) Etc.

    And if you want to argue specifically about G:
    You don’t say “Jad” for “GAD” (generalized anxiety disorder)
    You don’t say “joes” for “GOES” (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

    It’s not a hill I’m going to die on, I use both pronunciations, but the only argument I’ve ever believed for the proper one is that the creator pronounced it “jif”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF#Pronunciation

    Now let’s talk about “gibs” you heathens.