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TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months 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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  1. Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I laughed out loud when I first learned that imgur is supposed to be pronounced as "imager'... well you fuckin chose the wrong combination of letters for that didn't ya

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And JSON is pronounced “javascripton“

[–] catharso@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Occasionally i feel myself longing back to the good ol' JSOFF times.

[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've never heard it pronounced any other way than "engine x".

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

I've never heard it pronounced. Which is why I also thought it was "n-jinx"

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 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...

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

f-s-tab is feeble. Unsatisfactory. Bureaucratic.

f-stab is jocose. Nonchalant. Sharp.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago

F-s-tab is boba

F-stab is kiki