TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"
TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"
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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Yeah, the j-sawn pronunciation is truly inexplicable. Who pronounces S-O-N "sawn"?
I believe the Greeks do where the name originates from.
I'm hearing ya-sun-ahs. That U is halfway between uh and oo, like the U in "put".
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