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OPNFV Glossary
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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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C
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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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I
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IGMP

  Internet Group Management Protocol

IOPS

  Input/Output Operations Per Second

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N
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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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O
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OPNFV

  Open Platform for NFV, an open source project developing an NFV reference platform and features.

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V
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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.

