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

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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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[–] perviouslyiner 89 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (14 children)

There's a linux file called fstab which is often pronounced f-s-tab because it's a table of file systems. It was somewhat surprising to hear Dave Plummer pronounce it as "f-stab", as in stabbing someone...

[–] Blaster_M 4 points 4 days ago

Insert dank Winnie the Pooh meme here for F-STAB

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