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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+Definitions
+-----------
+
+Definitions of most terms used here are provided in the `IETF SFC Architecture RFC <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc7665/>`_.
+Additional terms specific to the OPNFV SFC project are defined below.
+
+
+Abbreviations
+-------------
+
+.. list-table:: Abbreviations
+ :widths: 15 85
+ :header-rows: 1
+
+ * - Abbreviation
+ - Term
+
+ * - NS
+ - Network Service
+
+ * - NFVO
+ - Network Function Virtualization Orchestrator
+
+ * - NF
+ - Network Function
+
+ * - NSH
+ - Network Services Header (Service chaining encapsulation)
+
+ * - ODL
+ - OpenDaylight SDN Controller
+
+ * - RSP
+ - Rendered Service Path
+
+ * - SDN
+ - Software Defined Networking
+
+ * - SF
+ - Service Function
+
+ * - SFC
+ - Service Function Chain(ing)
+
+ * - SFF
+ - Service Function Forwarder
+
+ * - SFP
+ - Service Function Path
+
+ * - VNF
+ - Virtual Network Function
+
+ * - VNFM
+ - Virtual Network Function Manager
+
+ * - VNF-FG
+ - Virtual Network Function Forwarding Graph
+
+ * - VIM
+ - Virtual Infrastructure Manager