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13 This glossary provides a common definition of phrases and words commonly used in OPNFV.
22 A river running through Tuscany and the name of the first OPNFV release.
25 Application Programming Interface
34 A river running through Asia and the name of the Second OPNFV release.
43 A river in Argentina and the name of the Third OPNFV release.
52 Data Plane Development Kit
56 Deep Packet Inspection
60 Differentiated Services Code Point
69 Internet Group Management Protocol
73 Input/Output Operations Per Second
82 Network Functions Virtualisation, an industry initiative to leverage virtualisation technologies in carrier networks.
86 Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure
90 Network Interface Controller
99 Open Platform for NFV, an open source project developing an NFV reference platform and features.
108 A virtual local area network, typically an isolated ethernet network.
112 Virtual machine, an emulation in software of a computer system.
116 Virtual network function, typically a networking application or function running in a virtual environment.