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15 This glossary provides a common definition of phrases and words commonly used in OPNFV.
24 A river running through Tuscany and the name of the first OPNFV release.
27 Application Programming Interface
36 A river running through Asia and the name of the Second OPNFV release.
45 A river in Argentina and the name of the Third OPNFV release.
54 Data Plane Development Kit
58 Deep Packet Inspection
62 Differentiated Services Code Point
71 Internet Group Management Protocol
75 Input/Output Operations Per Second
84 Network Functions Virtualisation, an industry initiative to leverage virtualisation technologies in carrier networks.
88 Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure
92 Network Interface Controller
101 Open Platform for NFV, an open source project developing an NFV reference platform and features.
110 A virtual local area network, typically an isolated ethernet network.
114 Virtual machine, an emulation in software of a computer system.
118 Virtual network function, typically a networking application or function running in a virtual environment.