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.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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.. (c) Christopher Price (Ericsson AB)
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OPNFV Glossary
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Contents
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This glossary provides a common definition of phrases and words commonly used in OPNFV.
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A
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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.
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D
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DPDK
Data Plane Development Kit
DPI
Deep Packet Inspection
DSCP
Differentiated Services Code Point
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IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
IOPS
Input/Output Operations Per Second
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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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