Developers argue about these constantly — here is the most widely accepted pronunciation for each.
GIFJIF or GIF
The creator says "JIF" — most of the internet says "GIF" anyway.
SQLESS-cue-ELL or SEQUEL
Both are common; "sequel" is the more casual form.
Kuberneteskoo-ber-NET-eez
Greek for "helmsman" — often shortened to "K8s".
nginxEN-jin-EKS
Stands for "engine X" — say it that way.
LaTeXLAH-tekh or LAY-tek
Not the rubber material — ends with a soft "kh".
cacheKASH
Rhymes with "stash", not "cachet".
LinuxLIH-nuks
Named for Linus Torvalds — short I sound.
routerROO-ter (US) / ROW-ter (UK)
Both are accepted, split by dialect.
gigabyteGIG-uh-byte
Hard G, like "give".
NginxEN-jin-EKS
(Same as above — commonly searched twice.)
DockerDOK-er
Standard English — the confusion is just newness.
APIAY-PEE-EYE
Spelled out letter by letter, not "AP-ee".
PostgresPOST-gres
Short for PostgreSQL — say the first part plainly.
Ubuntuoo-BOON-too
Zulu origin — stress the second syllable.
byteBYTE
Identical to "bite" — the spelling is the only twist.
XcodeEKS-kohd
Apple's tool — said like "X" plus "code".
RedisRED-iss
Not "REE-dis" — stress the first syllable.
CiscoSIS-koh
Named after San Francisco — soft C.