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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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Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
- §"nginx". ¶1.

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[-] whatwhatwhatwhat@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

I always called it “in-gen-ix”, which doesn’t even make sense now that I think about it.

[-] shovingleopardnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 month ago

Unless you’re from New Zealand

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 month ago

Uhn-jun-uhks in NZ TYVM.

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