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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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[-] pyre@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

so I assume you also say "jit-hub"?

[-] Molten_Moron@lemmings.world 12 points 1 month ago

No, and you don't say juitar (guitar), jame (game), or jallon (gallon), either.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 month ago

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, because those all start with gu or ga.

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