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.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
.. (c) Christopher Price (Ericsson AB), AT&T, Anuket
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OPNFV and Anuket Development Glossary
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This glossary provides a common definition of phrases and words commonly used in the OPNFV project, and its successor, the Anuket Project.
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A
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Anuket
The ancient Egyptian Goddess Anuket was a personification of the Nile as “Nourisher of the Fields”, and the name for the combined OPNFV and CNTT project.
Arno
A river running through Tuscany and the name of the first OPNFV release.
API
Application Programming Interface
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B
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Brahmaputra
A river running through Asia and the name of the Second OPNFV release.
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Colorado
A river in Argentina and the name of the Third OPNFV release.
CNTT
Cloud iNfrastructure Telco Task Force
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Danube
A river in Europe and the name of the Fourth OPNFV release.
DPDK
Data Plane Development Kit
DPI
Deep Packet Inspection
DSCP
Differentiated Services Code Point
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Euphrates
A river in Southeast Asia and the name of the Fifth OPNFV release.
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Fraser
A river in British Columbia, Canada, and the name of the Sixth OPNFV release.
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Gambia
A river in Western Africa and the name of the Seventh OPNFV release.
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Hunter
A river in New South Wales, Australia and the name of the Eighth OPNFV release.
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IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
IOPS
Input/Output Operations Per Second
Iruya
A river in Salta Province, Argentina and the name of the Ninth OPNFV release.
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Jerma
A river in Serbia and the name of the Tenth OPNFV release.
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Kali
A river in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state in India and the name of the First Anuket (OPNFV+CNTT) release.
Kubernetes
An operating system container management system, sometimes abbreviated "K8s" (meaning K, eight letters, and s).
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Lakelse
A river in Britsh Columbia, Canada (name derived from the Coast Tsimshian language word "LaxGyels"), and the name of the Second Anuket (OPNFV+CNTT) Release.
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NFV
Network Functions Virtualisation, an industry initiative to leverage virtualisation technologies in carrier networks.
NFVI
Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure
NIC
Network Interface Controller
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OPNFV
Open Platform for NFV, an open source project developing an NFV reference platform and features.
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VLAN
A virtual local area network, typically an isolated ethernet network.
VM
Virtual machine, an emulation in software of a computer system.
VNF
Virtual network function, typically a networking application or function running in a virtual environment.
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