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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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[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wtf?

It's Jason. If they wanted it pronounced that way, they should've spelled it differently...

Like GIF

Sorry, no, at least one could argue GIF. JSON is a single freakin' vowel short of a common male name.

Morons.

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

GIF like Geoffrey the giraffe, if you get my gist. Always has been.

[-] warm@kbin.earth 16 points 1 week ago

I always thought the G stood for graphics, but now I know it stands for giraffics.

[-] Irelephant@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Jrafics.

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