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TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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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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[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

The meaning kind of clicked to me the first time I've seen the word and tried to pronounce it - it ended as [ẽ.'ʒĩ 'ʃis], the first part is close enough to English [ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn] ⟨engine⟩ that the association was obvious. ([ʃis] is just the Portuguese name for ⟨X⟩.)

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 3 days ago

https://youtu.be/tyQvjKqXA0Y

[-] pr0sp3kt@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 2 days ago

Omg really was someone pronouncing like "njinks"??? Wtf is wrong with you lol

[-] seth_arimainyu@ieji.de 1 points 3 days ago

@Kalcifer And
(At least in some LATAM places) SQL is "pronounced" as SEQUEL...

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 3 days ago

Don’t wanna yuck y’all’s yum but gross

[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe -3 points 3 days ago

Who cares? Pronounce it whichever way you want as long as it's clear/understandable. It would take longer for me to understand what piece of software engine-x is, but it takes a second at most.