OPNFV and Anuket Development Glossary¶
Contents¶
This glossary provides a common definition of phrases and words commonly used in the OPNFV project, and its successor, the Anuket Project.
A¶
Anuket
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.
Arno
A river running through Tuscany and the name of the first OPNFV release.
- API
- Application Programming Interface
C¶
Colorado
A river in Argentina and the name of the Third OPNFV release.
CNTT
Cloud iNfrastructure Telco Task Force
D¶
Danube
A river in Europe and the name of the Fourth OPNFV release.
DPDK
Data Plane Development Kit
DPI
Deep Packet Inspection
DSCP
Differentiated Services Code Point
I¶
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
IOPS
Input/Output Operations Per Second
Iruya
A river in Salta Province, Argentina and the name of the Ninth OPNFV release.
K¶
Kali
A river in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state in India and the name of the First Anuket (OPNFV+CNTT) release.
Kubernetes
An operating system container management system, sometimes abbreviated “K8s” (meaning K, eight letters, and s).
L¶
Lakelse
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.
N¶
NFV
Network Functions Virtualisation, an industry initiative to leverage virtualisation technologies in carrier networks.
NFVI
Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure
NIC
Network Interface Controller
O¶
OPNFV
Open Platform for NFV, an open source project developing an NFV reference platform and features.
V¶
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.