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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] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, the j-sawn pronunciation is truly inexplicable. Who pronounces S-O-N "sawn"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I believe the Greeks do where the name originates from.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I'm hearing ya-sun-ahs. That U is halfway between uh and oo, like the U in "put".