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What is NGINX?

It is an open source (free) proxy server to handle a large companies activity. This server can power the busiest site better than any server available.

What are some common use cases for NGINX?

web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming,

How does NGINX handle tasks that could slow down the web server?

negotiating SSL/TLS or compressing and caching content to improve performance. SSL and TLS are what runs in https, and is what made https more secure than http, but it can slow the process of what you're trying to do. SO NGINX handles the compression of the content to improve performance. Reduces the load of the application servers, and makes the most of the underlying hardware. Because it can handle simultaneous connections, it can be used as a reverse proxy, and load balancer to manage incoming traffic.

Describe, as if to a non-technical friend how to actually pronounce “NGINX”, and why an org might chooose to use it.

NGINX is pronounced (engine X) but NGINX is more logo catchy. Organizations choose NGINX because it's basic program is open source (free) and then if wanted you can buy the NGINX Plus for Businesses Videos Network Architectures Network Devices Network Connectors Ethernet Standards