.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. .. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 .. (c) Christopher Price (Ericsson AB) ************** OPNFV Glossary ************** Colorado 1.0 ------------ ======== Contents ======== This glossary provides a common definition of phrases and words commonly used in OPNFV. -------- A - Arno A river running through Tuscany and the name of the first OPNFV release. API Application Programming Interface -------- B - Brahmaputra A river running through Asia and the name of the Second OPNFV release. -------- C - Colorado A river in Argentina and the name of the Third OPNFV release. -------- D - 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 -------- 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. .. Revision: 7f8b9d887027ce8edfb28beb6254d59ff332400b Build date: 2016-09-05