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OPNFV and Anuket Development Glossary
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This glossary provides a common definition of phrases and words commonly used in the OPNFV project, and its successor, the Anuket Project.

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  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

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  Brahmaputra

    A river running through Asia and the name of the Second OPNFV release.

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  Colorado

    A river in Argentina and the name of the Third OPNFV release.

  CNTT

    Cloud iNfrastructure Telco Task Force

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  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

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  Euphrates

    A river in Southeast Asia and the name of the Fifth OPNFV release.

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  Fraser

    A river in British Columbia, Canada, and the name of the Sixth OPNFV release.

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  Gambia

    A river in Western Africa and the name of the Seventh OPNFV release.

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  Hunter

    A river in New South Wales, Australia and the name of the Eighth OPNFV release.

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  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.

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  Jerma

    A river in Serbia and the name of the Tenth OPNFV release.

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  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).

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  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.

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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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  OPNFV

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

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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.