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7 OPNFV and Anuket Development Glossary
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14 This glossary provides a common definition of phrases and words commonly used in the OPNFV project, and its successor, the Anuket Project.
23 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.
27 A river running through Tuscany and the name of the first OPNFV release.
30 Application Programming Interface
39 A river running through Asia and the name of the Second OPNFV release.
48 A river in Argentina and the name of the Third OPNFV release.
52 Cloud iNfrastructure Telco Task Force
61 A river in Europe and the name of the Fourth OPNFV release.
65 Data Plane Development Kit
69 Deep Packet Inspection
73 Differentiated Services Code Point
82 A river in Southeast Asia and the name of the Fifth OPNFV release.
91 A river in British Columbia, Canada, and the name of the Sixth OPNFV release.
100 A river in Western Africa and the name of the Seventh OPNFV release.
109 A river in New South Wales, Australia and the name of the Eighth OPNFV release.
118 Internet Group Management Protocol
122 Input/Output Operations Per Second
126 A river in Salta Province, Argentina and the name of the Ninth OPNFV release.
135 A river in Serbia and the name of the Tenth OPNFV release.
144 A river in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state in India and the name of the First Anuket (OPNFV+CNTT) release.
148 An operating system container management system, sometimes abbreviated "K8s" (meaning K, eight letters, and s).
157 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.
164 Network Functions Virtualisation, an industry initiative to leverage virtualisation technologies in carrier networks.
168 Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure
172 Network Interface Controller
181 Open Platform for NFV, an open source project developing an NFV reference platform and features.
190 A virtual local area network, typically an isolated ethernet network.
194 Virtual machine, an emulation in software of a computer system.
198 Virtual network function, typically a networking application or function running in a virtual environment.