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

submitted 4 days ago by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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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.

References

Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
- §"nginx". ¶1.

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[–] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

It's short enough I just spell it out

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Does this mean when you go into an airport bathroom and see the hand dryer, you know it's called an XLerator (ex-LAIReighter)?

[–] Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what the English pronunciation of "n-jinx" sounds like but I'm pronouncing it "engines" as in plural of engine.

[–] maxmalrichtig@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Um das mal phonetisch zu schreiben: Es würd sich ungefähr wie "en dschinks" auf Deutsch anhören.

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[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

People pronounce GIF with a hard G, even though it's officially JIF, so who cares? /s, nothing agaisnt you, OP.

[–] coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe 2 points 4 days ago

we're going to war

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

It's officially wrong, happens sometimes.

[–] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Not En Jinnicks?

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

The meaning kind of clicked to me the first time I've seen the word and tried to pronounce it - it ended as [ẽ.'ʒĩ 'ʃis], the first part is close enough to English [ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn] ⟨engine⟩ that the association was obvious. ([ʃis] is just the Portuguese name for ⟨X⟩.)

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