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NGINX

infrastructure

High-performance web server, reverse proxy, and load balancer

Pronunciation

Correct

engine-X

/ˌɛndʒɪn ˈɛks/

Confirmed by Igor Sysoev, the creator. The name is a play on 'Engine X'.

Source: nginx.org(creator statement)

Common Mistakes

Common Mistake

N-jinx

/ɛn dʒɪŋks/

A common phonetic reading of the letters, but incorrect.

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