How do you pronounce nginx?
engine-x/ˈendʒɪn ɛks/
Commonly said as: "en-jinks", "en-gee-eye-en-ex"
engine ex
nginx
What it is
nginx is one of the most widely deployed web servers and reverse proxies, released by Igor Sysoev in 2004.
Why it gets said wrong
The name is short for "engine x", and the pronunciation keeps the original words: say engine, then the letter X. Because the spelling has no vowels, TTS models tend to spell it out or force it into one syllable. The official nginx documentation states the reading plainly.
Hear it in a sentence
We put the static assets behind nginx for caching.
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