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/.
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  • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    16 days ago

    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.

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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      15 days ago

      Sequel was a whole different language.

      I thought Sequel was an earlier version of SQL. That’s what I remember reading when I looked it up.

      • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        15 days ago

        Hmm. According to Wikipedia you are correct, and the original SEQUEL was simply renamed to SQL. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#History

        I’m not sure how much that original SEQUEL/SQL has in common with later publicly-available SQL implementations. I never personally worked with SEQUEL but I was under the impression it was more of a spiritual predecessor to SQL than a direct ancestor. But I trust Wikipedia more than I trust my my memory here, so I guess I was wrong.