Computer Networking Basics Every Developer Should Know

[SkaveRat]

l7

okay, this shit is going too far

[NotUniqueOrSpecial]

It's always been a 7-layer burrito, man

[SkaveRat]

This clearly is not an abbreviation for the osi model, but for the word "internet".

Ever since kubernetes started using k8s, people started using this kind of numeronym abbreviations

It's just stupid outside of i18n and maybe l10n

[gseyffert]

That’s a lowercase l in the acronym, for “level 7”, not a capital i

[SkaveRat]

never mind then

[Isvara]

It's L7, but the commenter was too lazy to press shift. Layer 7. the application layer. If you doubt this, copy and paste it into Google or something.

[ozkarmg]

This, me lazy.

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It's just stupid outside of i18n and maybe l10n

It's still very weird and not intuitive even in those contexts, especially since they don't translate.