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Abbreviations
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| **Abbreviation** | **Description**                                                                                                                                                              |
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| AAF              | `Application Authorization Framework <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Application+Authorization+Framework+Project>`__                                                       |
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| A&AI             | `Active & Available Inventory <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Active+and+Available+Inventory+Project>`__                                                                   |
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| AAA              | `Authentication,Authorization and Accounting <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAA_(computer_security)>`__                                                                      |
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| AID              | Architecture Integration Document                                                                                                                                            |
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| APPC             | `ApplicationController <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Application+Controller+Project>`__                                                                                  |
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| BPEL             | Business Process Execution Language                                                                                                                                          |
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| BPMN             | `Business Process Model and Notation or Business Process Management Notation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Process_Model_and_Notation>`__                          |
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| BRMS             | Business Rules Management System                                                                                                                                             |
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| BSS              | Business Support System                                                                                                                                                      |
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| CCSDK            | Common Controller SDK project                                                                                                                                                |
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| CDAP             | `Cask Data Application Platform <https://cdap.io/>`__                                                                                                                        |
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| CDS              | Controller Design Studio                                                                                                                                                     |
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| CI/CD            | Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery                                                                                                                                 |
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| CL               | Control Loop                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| CLAMP            | Closed Loop Automation Management Platform (project)                                                                                                                         |
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| CLI              | `Command Line Interface (project) <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Command+Line+Interface+Project>`__                                                                       |
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| CMA              | Change Management Application (within ONAP)                                                                                                                                  |
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| CNF              | Cloud Native network Function.                                                                                                                                               |
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| COE              | Container Orchestration Engine                                                                                                                                               |
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| CPE              | Customer Premise Equipment                                                                                                                                                   |
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| CSAR             | `Cloud Service ARchive (link) <http://openbaton.github.io/documentation/tosca-CSAR-onboarding/>`__                                                                           |
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| DAO              | `Data Access Object <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_access_object>`__                                                                                                    |
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| DCAE             | `Data Collection Analytics & Events <https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=6592895>`__                                                                          |
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| DDoS             | Distributed Denial-of-Service attack                                                                                                                                         |
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| DG               | Directed Graph                                                                                                                                                               |
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| DG Builder       | Directed Graph Builder                                                                                                                                                       |
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| DMaaP            | `Data Movement as a Platform <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/DMaaP>`__                                                                                                     |
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| DME              | `Direct Messaging Engine (common service within ONAP) <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Common+Services>`__                                                                  |
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| DNS              | Domain Name System                                                                                                                                                           |
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| DPDK             | Data Plane Development Kit                                                                                                                                                   |
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| EELF             | `Event and Error-Logging Framework <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Common+Services>`__                                                                                     |
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| EMS              | `Element Management System <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element_management_system>`__                                                                                      |
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| ESR              | `External System Register <https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=5734948>`__                                                                                    |
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| ETSI             | `European Telecommunications Standards Institute <http://www.etsi.org/technologies-clusters/technologies/689-network-functions-virtualisation>`__                            |
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| EUAG             | `ONAP End User Advisory Group <https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2916362>`__                                                                        |
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| FCAPS            | Fault Configuration Accounting Performance Security                                                                                                                          |
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| GBP              | `Group-Based Policy <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/GroupBasedPolicy>`__                                                                                                    |
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| GNFC             | `Genric Network Function Controller <https://wiki.onap.org/download/attachments/45300148/ONAP_GNF_ControllersSOL003.pptx?version=1&modificationDate=1548619943000&api=v2>`__ |
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| GUI              | `Graphical User Interface <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface>`__                                                                                        |
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| HAS              | `Homing and Allocation Service <https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=16005528>`__                                                                              |
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| HDFS             | Hadoop Distributed File System                                                                                                                                               |
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| HPA              | Hardware Platform Awareness                                                                                                                                                  |
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| HTTP             | HyperText Transfer Protococol                                                                                                                                                |
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| HV VES           | `High Volume Virtual function Event Stream <https:// iki.onap.org/display/DW/High+Volume+VES+Collector>`__                                                                   |
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| IAM/IDAM         | Identity and Access Management                                                                                                                                               |
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| ICE              | Incubation and Certification Environment                                                                                                                                     |
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| IDS              | `Intrusion Detection System <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusion_detection_system>`__                                                                                    |
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| IETF             | `Internet Engineering Task Force <http://www.ietf.org>`__                                                                                                                    |
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| IKE              | `Internet Key Exchange <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Key_Exchange>`__                                                                                              |
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| IPS              | `Intrusion Prevention System <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusion_detection_system>`__                                                                                   |
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| IPSEC            | `Internet Protocol Security <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPsec>`__                                                                                                         |
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| JAR              | `Java Archive <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAR_(file_format)>`__                                                                                                           |
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| JSC              | `Java Service Container <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Common+Services>`__                                                                                                |
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| JSON             | JavaScript Object Notation                                                                                                                                                   |
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| LCM              | Life Cycle Management                                                                                                                                                        |
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| LFN CVC          | `Linux Foundation Networking Compliance/Verification Committee <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/LFN+CVC+Testing+in+VNFSDK>`__                                               |
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| LFN CVP          | `Linux Foundation Networking Compliance/Verification Program <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/LFN+CVC+Testing+in+VNFSDK>`__                                                 |
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| LRM              | Local Resource Monitor                                                                                                                                                       |
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| M0               | Release Kick-off milestone. See also Release Lifecycle                                                                                                                       |
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| M1               | Release Planning milestone. See also Release Lifecycle                                                                                                                       |
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| M2               | Release Functionality Freeze milestone.  See also Release Lifecycle                                                                                                          |
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| M3               | Release API Freeze milestone.  See also Release Lifecycle                                                                                                                    |
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| M4               | Release Code Freeze milestone.  See also Release Lifecycle                                                                                                                   |
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| MACD             | (Vendor specific) Move Add Change Delete/Disconnect                                                                                                                          |
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| MANO             | MANagement and Organization of NFV                                                                                                                                           |
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| MD-SAL           | Model Driven Service Abstraction Layer                                                                                                                                       |
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| MR               | Message Router (a Common Service of ONAP)                                                                                                                                    |
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| MOP              | Method of Procedure                                                                                                                                                          |
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| MOTS             | Mechanized Operations Tracking System                                                                                                                                        |
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| MSB              | Microservice Bus                                                                                                                                                             |
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| MSO              | `Master Service Orchestrator <https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1015834>`__                                                                                 |
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| MVP              | `Minimum Viable Product <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product>`__                                                                                            |
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| NAI              | Network Artificial Intelligence                                                                                                                                              |
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| NANCSP           | Network Cloud Service Provider                                                                                                                                               |
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| NBI              | North Bound Interface                                                                                                                                                        |
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| NEP              | Network Equipment Provider                                                                                                                                                   |
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| NETCONF          | `Network Configuration Protocol <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NETCONF>`__                                                                                                   |
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| NFV              | `Network Function Virtualization <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_function_virtualization>`__                                                                          |
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| NFVI             | `network functions virtualization infrastructure <https://www.sdxcentral.com/nfv/definitions/nfv-mano/>`__                                                                   |
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| NOD              | Network On Demand                                                                                                                                                            |
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| NS               | Network Services                                                                                                                                                             |
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| NS               | (Vendor Specific) New Start                                                                                                                                                  |
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| O-RAN            | `O-RAN Alliance, Operator Defined Next Generation Radio Access Networks Alliance <https://www.o-ran.org>`__                                                                  |
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| O-RAN-SC         | `O-RAN Software Community <https://o-ran-sc.org>`__                                                                                                                          |
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| OAM              | Operation and Maintenance                                                                                                                                                    |
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| OA&M             | Operations, Administration and Management                                                                                                                                    |
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| OMF              | Operational Management Framework (of ONAP)                                                                                                                                   |
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| OMSA             | ONAP Microservice Architecture                                                                                                                                               |
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| ONAP             | `Open Network Automation Platform <https://wiki.onap.org/pa ges/viewpage.action?pageId=1015843>`__                                                                           |
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| OOF              | ONAP Optimization Framework                                                                                                                                                  |
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| ODL              | `OpenDaylight <https://www.opendaylight.org/>`__                                                                                                                             |
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| OOM              | `ONAP Operations Manager <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/OOM+User+Guide>`__                                                                                                |
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| OPNFV            | `Open Platform for NFV Project <https://www.sdxcentral.com/nfv/definitions/opnfv/>`__                                                                                        |
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| OSAM             | `Open Source Access Manager <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/OpenSource+Access+Manager+%28OSAM%29+Use+Case>`__                                                              |
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| OSC              | O-RAN Software Community or Optical Supervisory Channel                                                                                                                      |
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| OSS              | Operations Support System                                                                                                                                                    |
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| PAP              | Policy Administration Point (ONAP)                                                                                                                                           |
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| PCE              | Path Computation and Element (ONAP)                                                                                                                                          |
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| PCI              | Physical Cell ID                                                                                                                                                             |
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| pCPE             | physical Customer Premise Equipment                                                                                                                                          |
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| PDP-x            | Policy Decision Point - XACML (ONAP)                                                                                                                                         |
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| PDP-d            | Policy Decision Point - Drools (ONAP)                                                                                                                                        |
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| PO               | Platform Orchestrator                                                                                                                                                        |
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| PoC              | Proof of Concept                                                                                                                                                             |
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| POMBA            | `Post Orchestration Model Based Audit <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/POMBA>`__                                                                                            |
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| PNDA             | `Open source Platform for Network Data Analytics <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Integrating+PNDA>`__                                                                      |
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| PNF              | Physical Network Function                                                                                                                                                    |
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| RCA              | Root Cause Analysis                                                                                                                                                          |
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| RCT              | Reference Connection Tool                                                                                                                                                    |
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| REST             | `Representational State Transfer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer>`__                                                                          |
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| RESTCONF         | A protocol based on HTTP for configuring data defined in YANG                                                                                                                |
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| RO               | Resource Orchestrator                                                                                                                                                        |
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| RPC              | Remote Procedure Call                                                                                                                                                        |
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| S3P              | `Stability, Security, Scalability, Performance <https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=16003367>`__                                                              |
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| SDC              | Service Design and Creation (component of ONAP for visual modeling and design)                                                                                               |
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| SDN              | `Software-defined networking <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_networking>`__                                                                                  |
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| SDN-C            | `SDN-Controller <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/SDN+Controller+Development+Guide>`__                                                                                       |
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| SDN-R            | `SDN-Radio <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/SDN-R>` __                                                                                                                      |
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| SDN-GP           | Software Defined Network - Global Platform                                                                                                                                   |
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| SEBA             | SDN-Enabled Broadband Access, see also                                                                                                                                       |
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| SLA              | Service Level Agreement                                                                                                                                                      |
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| SLI              | Service Logic Interpreter                                                                                                                                                    |
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| SME              | Subject Matter Expert                                                                                                                                                        |
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| SMTP             | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol                                                                                                                                                |
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| SNMP             | Simple Network Management Protocol                                                                                                                                           |
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| SO               | `Service Orchestrator (project) <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Service+Orchestrator+Project>`__                                                                           |
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| SOT              | Source Of Truth                                                                                                                                                              |
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| SR-IOV           | `Single-Root Input/Output Virtualization <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-root_input/output_virtualization>`__                                                          |
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| SSL              | `Secure Sockets Layer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security>`__                                                                                            |
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| SUPP             | (Vendor Specific) short for supplement, changing a connection before activation                                                                                              |
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| Swagger          | legacy name for the OpenAPI Specification                                                                                                                                    |
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| TCP              | Transmission Control Protocol                                                                                                                                                |
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| TEM              | Telecom Electronics Manufacturer                                                                                                                                             |
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| TLS              | `Transport Layer Security <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security>`__                                                                                        |
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| TOSCA            | `Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications <https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=tosca>`__                                      |
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| TPS              | Transactions Per Second                                                                                                                                                      |
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| TSC              | Technical Steering Committee                                                                                                                                                 |
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| U-UI             | `Usecase User Interface <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Usecase+UI+Project>`__                                                                                             |
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| UI               | `User Interface <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface>`__                                                                                                            |
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| UX               | `User Experience <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_experience>`__                                                                                                          |
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| vCE              | virtual CE (Customer Edge) router (an example VNF)                                                                                                                           |
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| vCPE             | Virtual Customer Premise Equipment                                                                                                                                           |
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| vDNS             | Virtual Domain Name Server (an example VNF)                                                                                                                                  |
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| VDU              | `Virtualisation Deployment Unit <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Comparison+of+Current+R3+Clean+Version+with+IFA011+v2.5.1>`__                                              |
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| VES              | `Virtual function Event Stream <https://wiki.opnfv.org/download/attachments/6819329/OPNVF%20VES.pptx?version=4&modificationDate=1466395653000&api=v2>`__                     |
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| vF               | Virtual Firewall (an example VNF)                                                                                                                                            |
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| VF               | Virtual Function                                                                                                                                                             |
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| VFC              | `Virtual Function Controller <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Virtual+Function+Controller+Project>`__                                                                       |
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| VFC              | Virtual Function Component (Resource Onboarding)                                                                                                                             |
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| vfModule         | Virtual Function Module                                                                                                                                                      |
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| VID              | Virtual Instantiation Deployment                                                                                                                                             |
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| VID              | `Virtual Infrastructure Deployment (Project) <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Virtual+Infrastructure+Deployment+Project>`__                                                 |
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| VIM              | Virtualized Infrastructure Manager                                                                                                                                           |
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| VLAN             | Virtual Local Area Network                                                                                                                                                   |
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| VM               | Virtual Machine                                                                                                                                                              |
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| VNF              | `Virtual Network Function <http://searchsdn.techtarget.com/definition/virtual-network-functions>`__                                                                          |
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| VNFC             | Virtual Network Function Component                                                                                                                                           |
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| VNFD             | `VNF Descriptor <https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=8226059>`__                                                                                              |
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| VNFM             | VNF Manager                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| VNO              | Virtual Network Operator                                                                                                                                                     |
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| vPE              | virtual PE (Provider Edge) router (an example of a VNF)                                                                                                                      |
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| VPP              | `Vector Packet Processing <https://wiki.fd.io/view/VPP/What_is_VPP%3F>`__                                                                                                    |
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| VSP              | Vendor Software Product (from SDC Demo Guide)                                                                                                                                |
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| VTP              | `VNF Test Platform <https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=43386304>`__                                                                                          |
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| VVP              | `VNF Validation Program <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/VNF+Validation+Program+Project>`__                                                                                 |
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| WAR              | `Web application Archive <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAR_(file_format)>`__                                                                                                |
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| xNF              | The combination of PNF and VNF; Network Function                                                                                                                             |
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| YANG             | Yet Another Next Generation - a Data Modeling Language for the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)                                                                      |
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