QUIC is said as a word ('KWIK'), while gRPC is spelled out letter by letter. Knowing these distinctions separates fluent engineers from those who have only read the specs.
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How is QUIC (protocol) correctly pronounced?
QUIC is pronounced 'KWIK' — one syllable, exactly like the word 'quick'. It is a transport layer protocol developed by Google. The pronunciation is intentional — it is designed to be quick. In a technical interview: 'HTTP/3 is built on KWIK, which eliminates TCP head-of-line blocking for faster page loads.'
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How is mTLS correctly pronounced?
mTLS is pronounced 'em-tee-el-ess' — each letter spoken individually: M-T-L-S, where 'm' stands for mutual. Some say 'mutual TLS' in full. In a technical interview: 'Service-to-service communication in our mesh is secured with em-tee-el-ess using auto-rotated certificates.'
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How is gRPC correctly pronounced?
gRPC is pronounced 'jee-ar-pee-see' — four letters spelled out: G-R-P-C. 'gRPC' stands for gRPC Remote Procedure Call (recursive). In a technical interview: 'Our internal microservices use jee-ar-pee-see with Protocol Buffers for strongly-typed, low-latency IPC.'
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How is IPFS correctly pronounced?
IPFS is pronounced 'eye-pee-ef-ess' — four letters: I-P-F-S, standing for InterPlanetary File System. All four letters are spoken individually. In a technical interview: 'We pin NFT metadata to eye-pee-ef-ess so it is content-addressed and not reliant on a central server.'
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How is WebRTC correctly pronounced?
WebRTC is pronounced 'web-ar-tee-see' — 'Web' as one word, then R-T-C as letters ar-tee-see. RTC stands for Real-Time Communication. In a technical interview: 'We use web-ar-tee-see for peer-to-peer video calls, with TURN servers for clients behind symmetric NAT.'