How to pronounce "ngrok"

[alexraju91]

Is it "ng-rock" or "engrok" and what does it mean?

[AliSawari]

I guess its "engrok", and I don't know what does it mean, but its awesome :smiley:

[jetsquared]

I too wondered how to pronounce the name of this awesome piece of software and found the answer in their docs:

How do I pronouce ngrok?

en-grok

Found at the bottom of the following page. ngrok documentation

[SykesJohn]

I assume this comes fro the root work "grok", meaning in (in this sense) to "completely understand, or "become one with". The term was initially coined in the science fiction novel "Stranger in a Strange Land". So I would guess the meaning is "to become one with".

[ManjunathGithubAcc]

I've been calling it N G rok this whole time. Damn, glad this is cleared up!

[janeroughan]

Me too NG rok I thought. Now I know - thanks for clearing that up

[juiceboxjoe]

Yeah me too for about 6yrs! Thanks for the info!!

[agentzhao]

same. thanks!

[ducc]

I have been unable to sleep for weeks because of this. Thank you for clearing this up!

[elsonico]

I thought it would be pronounced engine rock! Well, I supposed this is fair enough.

[Regaddi]

The link has moved, for anyone who still stumbles across this issue https://ngrok.com/docs/faq#pronounce

[caseysoftware]

"What does it mean?" is a deeper and more complex question.

Unfortunately, we don't share that. But definitely swing by the community and join us: http://ngrok.com/slack

[oskarmodig]

Minor link change again :) https://ngrok.com/docs/faq/#pronunciation