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

submitted 4 months 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] 1 points 4 months ago

Wait till you hear about SearXNG or SxncD

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

https://youtu.be/tyQvjKqXA0Y

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Thank you for saving me from future embarrassment.

Or just becoming terminal "um actually"-er like I've become with epoch

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

And ngrok is en-grok, not en-jii-rok...

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago

Don’t wanna yuck y’all’s yum but gross

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago

Who cares? Pronounce it whichever way you want as long as it's clear/understandable. It would take longer for me to understand what piece of software engine-x is, but it takes a second at most.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago

Omg really was someone pronouncing like "njinks"??? Wtf is wrong with you lol

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