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submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (24 children)

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 3 points 1 day ago (9 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (8 children)

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

[–] [email protected] -1 points 21 hours ago

Jrafics.

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