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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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[-] ad_on_is@lemm.ee 46 points 1 month ago

And GIF is pronounced GIF

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

PNG is pronounced "PING!"

[-] enemenemu@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

The fuck?!

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Lo and behold,

P[i]NG

[-] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

P- iNG

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 0 points 1 month ago

CMYK is pronounced smück.

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Schmuck.

[-] Laser@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

careful there buddy

[-] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

They can pry my /ɡɪf/ from my cold dead hands.

/dʒɪf/ heretics can burn

[-] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 0 points 1 month ago

No no, we won't be having any of that. It's not GIF it's GIF!

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