Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
ISP	Internet Service Provider
LXC	Linux Containers
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NFS	Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
NUC	Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers
NVR	Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
PiHole	Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SBC	Single-Board Computer
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VPN	Virtual Private Network
k8s	Kubernetes container management package

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