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Abbreviations
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| Abbreviation | Description                                                                                                                                         |
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| AAF          | `Application Authorization Framework <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16234177/Application+Authorization+Framework+Project>`__   |
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| A&AI         | `Active & Available Inventory <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16230663/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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16230665/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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16230629/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) <https://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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16220200/Glossary>`__                                       |
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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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16251693/DMaaP>`__                                                 |
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| DME          | `Direct Messaging Engine (common service within ONAP) <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16220186/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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16220186/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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16220200/Glossary>`__                                                 |
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| ETSI         | `European Telecommunications Standards Institute <https://www.etsi.org/technologies/689-network-functions-virtualisation>`__                        |
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| EUAG         | `ONAP End User Advisory Group <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16220200/Glossary>`__                                             |
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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         | `Generic Network Function Controller <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16220200/Glossary>`__                                      |
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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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16220200/Glossary>`__                                            |
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| HDFS         | Hadoop Distributed File System                                                                                                                      |
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| HPA          | Hardware Platform Awareness                                                                                                                         |
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| HTTP         | HyperText Transfer Protocol                                                                                                                         |
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| HV VES       | `High Volume Virtual function Event Stream <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16305357/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 <https://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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16220186/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 <https://lfnetworking.org>`__                                                                                          |
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| LFN CVC      | `LFN Compliance/Verification Committee <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16324395/LFN+CVC+Testing+in+VNFSDK>`__                   |
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| LFN CVP      | `LFN Compliance/Verification Program <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16324395/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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| MVP          | `Minimum Viable Product <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product>`__                                                                   |
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| MVP          | Minimum Viable Plan (O-RAN Alliance                                                                                                                 |
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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                                                                                                     |
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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-CU         | O-RAN Centralized Unit                                                                                                                              |
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| O-DU         | O-RAN Distributed Unit                                                                                                                              |
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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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| O-RU         | O-RAN Radio Unit                                                                                                                                    |
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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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/overview>`__                                                        |
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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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16233075/OOM+User+Guide>`__                                            |
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| OPNFV        | `Open Platform for NFV Project <https://www.opnfv.org>`__                                                                                           |
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| OSAM         | `Open Source Access Manager <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16258031/OpenSource+Access+Manager+OSAM+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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16280439/POMBA>`__                                        |
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| PNDA         | `Open source Platform for Network Data Analytics <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16299049/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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16220200/Glossary>`__                            |
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| SDC          | Service Design and Creation (component of ONAP for visual modeling and design)                                                                      |
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| SCTP         | Stream Control Transmission Protocol (`RFC 4960 <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4960>`)                                                   |
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| SDN          | `Software-defined networking <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_networking>`__                                                         |
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| SDNC         | `SDN-Controller <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16254059/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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| SMO          | Service Management and Orchestration                                                                                                                |
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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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16299049/Integrating+PNDA>`__                                   |
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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                                                                                     |
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| TPS          | Transactions Per Second                                                                                                                             |
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| TSC          | Technical Steering Committee                                                                                                                        |
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| U-UI         | `Use case User Interface <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16230631/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          | Virtualization Deployment Unit                                                                                                                      |
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| VES          | Virtual function Event Stream                                                                                                                       |
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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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16230607/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 <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16230625/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 <https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_gr/NFV/001_099/003/01.05.01_60/gr_NFV003v010501p.pdf>`__                               |
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| VNFC         | Virtual Network Function Component                                                                                                                  |
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| VNFD         | `VNF Descriptor <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16220200/Glossary>`__                                                           |
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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://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16220200/Glossary>`__                                                        |
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| VVP          | `VNF Validation Program <https://lf-onap.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DW/pages/16232043/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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