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

submitted 3 months 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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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months 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⟩.)

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I'm glad there's pronunciations provided, because to me it looks like it should sound like a slur.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 months ago

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

[–] seth_arimainyu@ieji.de 1 points 3 months ago

@Kalcifer And
(At least in some LATAM places) SQL is "pronounced" as SEQUEL...

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

My colleagues were right?!
But of course they pronounce the "ine" as in brine (we are French), which is what really hurts my ears, ugh.

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