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TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" (sh.itjust.works)
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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/.
    • §"nginx". ¶1.
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (18 children)

And postgresql is pronounced post-gres-Q-L, even though it probably should be post-gre-SQL

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (7 children)

SQL is not traditionally pronounced like "sequel". Sequel was a whole different language.

Official pronunciation for MySQL, SQLite, and PostgreSQL all pronounce each letter.

But "sequel" is probably more common at this point and some of them include it as an alternate pronunciation now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's actually pronounced "squirrel"

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