| Type | Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|---|
| Acronym | a11y | A(ccessibilit)y |
| Acronym | AP | WiFi Access Point |
| Acronym | ARP | Address Resolution Protocol, translates IPs to MAC addresses |
| Acronym | CA | (SSL) Certificate Authority |
| Acronym | CF | CloudFlare |
| Acronym | CGNAT | Carrier-Grade NAT |
| Acronym | CSAM | Child Sexual Abuse Material |
| Acronym | DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network |
| Acronym | DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| Acronym | ESXi | VMWare virtual machine hypervisor |
| Acronym | Git | Popular version control system, primarily for code |
| Acronym | HA | Home Assistant automation software High Availability |
| Acronym | HASS | Home Assistant automation software |
| Acronym | HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web |
| Acronym | HTTPS | HTTP over SSL |
| Acronym | i18n | I(nternationalizatio)n |
| Acronym | IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol for email |
| Acronym | IoT | Internet of Things for device controllers |
| Acronym | IP | Internet Protocol |
| Acronym | k8s | Kubernetes container management package |
| Acronym | l10n | L(ocalizatio)n |
| Acronym | LAMP | Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP stack for webhosting |
| Acronym | LTS | Long Term Support software version |
| Acronym | LTT | Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel |
| Acronym | LVM | (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping |
| Acronym | LXC | Linux Containers |
| Acronym | MQTT | Message Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking |
| Acronym | NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| Acronym | NAT | Network Address Translation |
| Acronym | NFS | Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency |
| Acronym | nginx | Popular HTTP server |
| Acronym | NUC | Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers |
| Acronym | NVMe | Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage |
| Acronym | NVR | Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV) |
| Acronym | PCIe | Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
| Acronym | PIA | Private Internet Access brand of VPN |
| Acronym | PiHole | Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole) |
| Acronym | Plex | Brand of media server package |
| Acronym | PoE | Power over Ethernet |
| Acronym | POP3 | Post Office Protocol v3, for email; contrast IMAP |
| Acronym | PSU | Power Supply Unit |
| Acronym | RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage |
| Acronym | RPi | Raspberry Pi brand of SBC |
| Acronym | SAN | Storage Area Network |
| Acronym | SATA | Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage |
| Acronym | SBC | Single-Board Computer |
| Acronym | SCP | Secure Copy encrypted file transfer tool, authenticates and transfers over SSH |
| Acronym | SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH |
| Acronym | SMB | Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native |
| Acronym | SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| Acronym | SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| Acronym | SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access |
| Acronym | SSL | Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption |
| Acronym | SSO | Single Sign-On |
| Acronym | TCP | Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP |
| Acronym | TLS | Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL |
| Acronym | UDP | User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications |
| Acronym | Unifi | Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand |
| Acronym | VNC | Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access |
| Acronym | VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| Acronym | VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
| Acronym | XMPP | Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ('Jabber') for open instant messaging |
| Acronym | ZFS | Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity |
| Acronym | Zigbee | Wireless mesh network for low-power devices |
