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Abbreviations
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+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| **Abbreviation**                   | **Description**                 |
+====================================+=================================+
| AAF                                | `Application Authorization      |
|                                    | Framework <https://wiki.onap.or |
|                                    | g/display/DW/Application+Author |
|                                    | ization+Framework+Project>`__   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| A&AI                               | `Active & Available             |
|                                    | Inventory <https://wiki.onap.or |
|                                    | g/display/DW/Active+and+Availab |
|                                    | le+Inventory+Project>`__        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| AAA                                | `Authentication, Authorization  |
|                                    | and                             |
|                                    | Accounting <https://en.wikipedi |
|                                    | a.org/wiki/AAA_(computer_securi |
|                                    | ty)>`__                         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| AEC                                | AT&T Edge Cloud                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| AIC                                | AT&T Integrated Cloud           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| AID                                | Architecture Integration        |
|                                    | Document                        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| APPC                               | `Application                    |
|                                    | Controller <https://wiki.onap.o |
|                                    | rg/display/DW/Application+Contr |
|                                    | oller+Project>`__               |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| BPEL                               | Business Process Execution      |
|                                    | Language                        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| BPMN                               | `Business Process Model and     |
|                                    | Notation or Business Process    |
|                                    | Management                      |
|                                    | Notation <https://en.wikipedia. |
|                                    | org/wiki/Business_Process_Model |
|                                    | _and_Notation>`__               |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| BRMS                               | Business Rules Management       |
|                                    | System                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| BSS                                | Business Support System         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CCSDK                              | Common Controller SDK project   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CDAP                               | `Cask Data Application          |
|                                    | Platform <https://cdap.io/>`__  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CDR                                | Charging Data Record            |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CDS                                | Controller Design Studio        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CI/CD                              | Continuous Integration /        |
|                                    | Continuous Delivery             |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Cinder                             | OpenStack Block Storage         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CL                                 | Control Loop                    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CLAMP                              | Closed Loop Automation          |
|                                    | Management Platform (project)   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CLI                                | `Command Line Interface         |
|                                    | (project) <https://wiki.onap.or |
|                                    | g/display/DW/Command+Line+Inter |
|                                    | face+Project>`__                |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CMA                                | Change Management Application   |
|                                    | (within ONAP)                   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CN                                 | Core Network                    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CNF                                | Cloud Native network Function.  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| COE                                | Container Orchestration Engine  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CPE                                | Customer Premise Equipment      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CSAR                               | `Cloud Service ARchive          |
|                                    | (link) <http://openbaton.github |
|                                    | .io/documentation/tosca-CSAR-on |
|                                    | boarding/>`__                   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| CU                                 | Centralized Unit                |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| DAO                                | `Data Access                    |
|                                    | Object <https://en.wikipedia.or |
|                                    | g/wiki/Data_access_object>`__   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| DCAE                               | `Data Collection Analytics and  |
|                                    | Events <https://wiki.onap.org/p |
|                                    | ages/viewpage.action?pageId=659 |
|                                    | 2895>`__                        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| DDoS                               | Distributed Denial-of-Service   |
|                                    | attack                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| DG                                 | Directed Graph                  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| DG Builder                         | Directed Graph Builder          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| DMaaP                              | `Data Movement as a             |
|                                    | Platform <https://wiki.onap.org |
|                                    | /display/DW/DMaaP>`__           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| DME                                | `Direct Messaging Engine        |
|                                    | (common service within          |
|                                    | ONAP) <https://wiki.onap.org/di |
|                                    | splay/DW/Common+Services>`__    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| DMIP                               | Device Management Interface     |
|                                    | Profile                         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| DNS                                | Domain Name System              |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| DPDK                               | Data Plane Development Kit      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| DU                                 | Distributed Unit                |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| ECA                                | External Content Adapter        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| ECOMP                              | Enhanced, Control,              |
|                                    | Orchestration, Management and   |
|                                    | Policy                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| EELF                               | `Event&Error                    |
|                                    | LoggingFramework <https://wiki. |
|                                    | onap.org/display/DW/Common+Serv |
|                                    | ices>`__                        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| EMS                                | `Element Management             |
|                                    | System <https://en.wikipedia.or |
|                                    | g/wiki/Element_management_syste |
|                                    | m>`__                           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| ESR                                | `External System                |
|                                    | Register <https://wiki.onap.org |
|                                    | /pages/viewpage.action?pageId=5 |
|                                    | 734948>`__                      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| ETSI                               | `European Telecommunications    |
|                                    | Standards                       |
|                                    | Institute <http://www.etsi.org/ |
|                                    | technologies-clusters/technolog |
|                                    | ies/689-network-functions-virtu |
|                                    | alisation>`__                   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| EUAG                               | `ONAP End User Advisory         |
|                                    | Group <https://wiki.lfnetworkin |
|                                    | g.org/pages/viewpage.action?pag |
|                                    | eId=2916362>`__                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| FCAPS                              | Fault Configuration Accounting  |
|                                    | Performance Security            |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| FM                                 | Fault Management                |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| FQDN                               | Fully Qualified Domain Name     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| GBP                                | `Group-Based                    |
|                                    | Policy <https://wiki.openstack. |
|                                    | org/wiki/GroupBasedPolicy>`__   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Glance                             | OpenStack Image repository      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| GNFC                               | `Genric Network Function        |
|                                    | Controller <https://wiki.onap.o |
|                                    | rg/download/attachments/4530014 |
|                                    | 8/ONAP_GNF_ControllersSOL003.pp |
|                                    | tx?version=1&modificationDate=1 |
|                                    | 548619943000&api=v2>`__         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| GUI                                | `Graphical User                 |
|                                    | Interface <https://en.wikipedia |
|                                    | .org/wiki/Graphical_user_interf |
|                                    | ace>`__                         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| HAS                                | `Homing and Allocation          |
|                                    | Service <https://wiki.onap.org/ |
|                                    | pages/viewpage.action?pageId=16 |
|                                    | 005528>`__                      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| HDFS                               | Hadoop Distributed File System  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Horizon                            | OpenStack GUI                   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| HPA                                | Hardware Platform Awareness     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| HTTP                               | HyperText Transfer Protococol   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| HV VES                             | `High Volume Virtual function   |
|                                    | Event                           |
|                                    | Stream <https://wiki.onap.org/d |
|                                    | isplay/DW/High+Volume+VES+Colle |
|                                    | ctor>`__                        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| IAM/IDAM                           | Identity and Access Management  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| ICE                                | Incubation and Certification    |
|                                    | Environment                     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| ICMMS                              | Syniverse Inter-carrier         |
|                                    | messaging solution              |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| IDS                                | `Intrusion Detection            |
|                                    | System <https://en.wikipedia.or |
|                                    | g/wiki/Intrusion_detection_syst |
|                                    | em>`__                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| IETF                               | `Internet Engineering Task      |
|                                    | Force <http://www.ietf.org>`__  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| IKE                                | `Internet                       |
|                                    | KeyExchange <https://en.wikiped |
|                                    | ia.org/wiki/Internet_Key_Exchan |
|                                    | ge>`__                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| IPS                                | `Intrusion Prevention           |
|                                    | System <https://en.wikipedia.or |
|                                    | g/wiki/Intrusion_detection_syst |
|                                    | em>`__                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| IPSEC                              | `Internet Protocol              |
|                                    | Security <https://en.wikipedia. |
|                                    | org/wiki/IPsec>`__              |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| JAR                                | `Java                           |
|                                    | Archive <https://en.wikipedia.o |
|                                    | rg/wiki/JAR_(file_format)>`__   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| JSC                                | `JavaServiceContainer <https:// |
|                                    | wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Common |
|                                    | +Services>`__                   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| JSON                               | JavaScript Object Notation      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Keystone                           | OpenStack Authorization Project |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| KVM                                | Kernel-based Virtual machine    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| LCM                                | Life Cycle Management           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| LDAP                               | Lightweight Directory Access    |
|                                    | Protocol                        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| LFN CVC                            | `Linux Foundation Networking    |
|                                    | Compliance/Verification         |
|                                    | Committee <https://wiki.onap.or |
|                                    | g/display/DW/LFN+CVC+Testing+in |
|                                    | +VNFSDK>`__                     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| LFN CVP                            | `Linux Foundation Networking    |
|                                    | Compliance/Verification         |
|                                    | Program <https://wiki.onap.org/ |
|                                    | display/DW/LFN+CVC+Testing+in+V |
|                                    | NFSDK>`__                       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| LRM                                | Local Resource Monitor          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| M0                                 | Release Kick-off milestone. See |
|                                    | also Release Lifecycle          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| M1                                 | Release Planning milestone. See |
|                                    | also Release Lifecycle          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| M2                                 | Release Functionality Freeze    |
|                                    | milestone. See also Release     |
|                                    | Lifecycle                       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| M3                                 | Release API Freeze milestone.   |
|                                    | See also Release Lifecycle      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| M4                                 | Release Code Freeze milestone.  |
|                                    | See also Release Lifecycle      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| MACD                               | (Vendor specific) Move Add      |
|                                    | Change Delete/Disconnect        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| MANO                               | MANagement and Organization of  |
|                                    | NFV                             |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| MD-SAL                             | Model Driven Service            |
|                                    | Abstraction Layer               |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| MIND                               | Master Integrated Network       |
|                                    | Directory                       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| MR                                 | Message Router (a Common        |
|                                    | Service of ONAP)                |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| MOP                                | Method of Procedure             |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| MOTS                               | Mechanized Operations Tracking  |
|                                    | System                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| MSB                                | Microservice Bus                |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| MSO                                | `Master Service                 |
|                                    | Orchestrator <https://wiki.onap |
|                                    | .org/pages/viewpage.action?page |
|                                    | Id=1015834>`__                  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| MVP                                | `Minimum                        |
|                                    | ViableProduct <https://en.wikip |
|                                    | edia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_pr |
|                                    | oduct>`__                       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NAI                                | Network Artificial Intelligence |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NANCSP                             | Network Cloud Service Provider  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NBI                                | North Bound Interface           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NEP                                | Network Equipment Provider      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NETCONF                            | `Network Configuration          |
|                                    | Protocol <https://en.wikipedia. |
|                                    | org/wiki/NETCONF>`__            |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Neutron                            | OpenStack Networking            |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NFMF                               | Network Function Management     |
|                                    | Function                        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NFV                                | `Network Function               |
|                                    | Virtualization <https://en.wiki |
|                                    | pedia.org/wiki/Network_function |
|                                    | _virtualization>`__             |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NFVI                               | Network Functions               |
|                                    | Virtualization Infrastructure   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NOD                                | Network On Demand               |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Nova                               | OpenStack compute               |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NS                                 | Network Services                |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NS                                 | (Vendor Specific) New Start     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NSI                                | Network Slice Subnet Instance   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NSMF                               | Network Slice Management        |
|                                    | Function                        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| NSSMF                              | Network Slice Subnet Management |
|                                    | Function                        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| O-RAN                              | `O-RAN Alliance ,               |
|                                    | OperatorDefined NextGeneration  |
|                                    | RadioAccessNetworksAlliance <ht |
|                                    | tps://www.o-ran.org>`__         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| O-RAN-SC                           | `O-RAN                          |
|                                    | SoftwareCommunity <https://o-ra |
|                                    | n-sc.org>`__                    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| OAM                                | Operation and Maintenance       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| OA&M                               | Operations, Administration and  |
|                                    | Management                      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| OMF                                | Operational Management          |
|                                    | Framework (of ONAP)             |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| OMSA                               | ONAP Microservice Architecture  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| ONAP                               | `Open Network Automation        |
|                                    | Platform`                       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| OOF                                | ONAP Optimization Framework     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| ODL                                | `OpenDaylight <https://www.open |
|                                    | daylight.org/>`__               |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| OOM                                | `ONAP Operations                |
|                                    | Manager <https://wiki.onap.org/ |
|                                    | display/DW/OOM+User+Guide>`__   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| OpenStack                          | A cloud operating system        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| OPNFV                              | Open Platform for NFV           |
|                                    | Project                         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Originato                          | MMSC Any Non-AT&T MMSC that     |
|                                    | originally sent the request to  |
|                                    | ICMMS                           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| OSAM                               | `Open Source Access             |
|                                    | Manager <https://wiki.onap.org/ |
|                                    | display/DW/OpenSource+Access+Ma |
|                                    | nager+%28OSAM%29+Use+Case>`__   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| OSC                                | O-RAN Software Community or     |
|                                    | Optical Supervisory Channel     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| OSS                                | Operations Support System       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| PAP                                | Policy Administration Point     |
|                                    | (ONAP)                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| PCE                                | Path Computation and Element    |
|                                    | (ONAP)                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| PCI                                | Physical Cell ID                |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| pCPE                               | physical Customer Premise       |
|                                    | Equipment                       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| PDP-x                              | Policy Decision Point - XACML   |
|                                    | (ONAP)                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| PDP-d                              | Policy Decision Point - Drools  |
|                                    | (ONAP)                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| PM                                 | Performance Management          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| PNDA                               | `OpensourcePlatform for Network |
|                                    | DataAnalytics <https://wiki.ona |
|                                    | p.org/display/DW/Integrating+PN |
|                                    | DA>`__                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| PNF                                | Physical Network Function       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| PnP                                | Plug and Play                   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| PO                                 | Platform Orchestrator           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| PoC                                | Proof of Concept                |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| POMBA                              | `Post Orchestration Model Based |
|                                    | Audit <https://wiki.onap.org/di |
|                                    | splay/DW/POMBA>`__              |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| PRH                                | Phyiical Network Function       |
|                                    | Registration Handler            |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Pub/Sub                            | Publisher/Subscriber            |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| RAN                                | Radio Access Network            |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| RCA                                | Root Cause Analysis             |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| RCT                                | Reference Connection Tool       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| REST                               | `Representational State         |
|                                    | Transfer <https://en.wikipedia. |
|                                    | org/wiki/Representational_state |
|                                    | _transfer>`__                   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| RESTCONF                           | A protocol based on HTTP for    |
|                                    | configuring data defined in     |
|                                    | YANG                            |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| RO                                 | Resource Orchestrator           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| RPC                                | Remote Procedure Call           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| RU                                 | Radio Unit                      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| RRH                                | Remote Radio Head               |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| S3P                                | `Stability, Security,           |
|                                    | Scalability,                    |
|                                    | Performance <https://wiki.onap. |
|                                    | org/pages/viewpage.action?pageI |
|                                    | d=16003367>`__                  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SDC                                | Service Design and Creation     |
|                                    | (component of ONAP for visual   |
|                                    | modeling and design)            |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SDN                                | `Software-defined               |
|                                    | networking <https://en.wikipedi |
|                                    | a.org/wiki/Software-defined_net |
|                                    | working>`__                     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SDN-C                              | `SDN-Controller <https://wiki.o |
|                                    | nap.org/display/DW/SDN+Controll |
|                                    | er+Development+Guide>`__        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SDN-R                              | `SDN-Radio, Router, ROADM - a   |
|                                    | set of model-driven application |
|                                    | based on                        |
|                                    | SDN-C <https://wiki.onap.org/di |
|                                    | splay/DW/SDN-R>`__              |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SDN-GP                             | Software Defined Network -      |
|                                    | Global Platform                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SEBA                               | SDN-Enabled Broadband Access,   |
|                                    | see also                        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SLA                                | Service Level Agreement         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SLI                                | Service Logic Interpreter       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SME                                | Subject Matter Expert           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SMTP                               | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SNMP                               | Simple Network Management       |
|                                    | Protocol                        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SO                                 | `Service Orchestrator           |
|                                    | (project) <https://wiki.onap.or |
|                                    | g/display/DW/Service+Orchestrat |
|                                    | or+Project>`__                  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SON                                | Self-Organizing Networks        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SOT                                | Source Of Truth                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SR-IOV                             | `Single-Root Input/Output       |
|                                    | Virtualization <https://en.wiki |
|                                    | pedia.org/wiki/Single-root_inpu |
|                                    | t/output_virtualization>`__     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SRS                                | Software Requirements           |
|                                    | Specification                   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SSL                                | `SecureSocketsLayer <https://en |
|                                    | .wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_L |
|                                    | ayer_Security>`__               |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| SUPP                               | (Vendor Specific) short for     |
|                                    | supplement, changing a          |
|                                    | connection before activation    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Swagger                            | legacy name for the OpenAPI     |
|                                    | Specification                   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Swift                              | OpenStack Object storage        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| TCP                                | Transmission Control Protocol   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| TEM                                | Telecom Electronics             |
|                                    | Manufacturer                    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| TLS                                | `Transport Layer                |
|                                    | Security <https://en.wikipedia. |
|                                    | org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Securi |
|                                    | ty>`__                          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| TN                                 | Transport Network               |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| TOSCA                              | `Topology and Orchestration     |
|                                    | Specification for Cloud         |
|                                    | Applications <https://www.oasis |
|                                    | -open.org/committees/tc_home.ph |
|                                    | p?wg_abbrev=tosca>`__           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| TPS                                | Transactions Per Second         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| TSC                                | Technical Steering Committee    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| U-UI                               | `Usecase                        |
|                                    | UserInterface <https://wiki.ona |
|                                    | p.org/display/DW/Usecase+UI+Pro |
|                                    | ject>`__                        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| UI                                 | `User                           |
|                                    | Interface <https://en.wikipedia |
|                                    | .org/wiki/User_interface>`__    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| UUI                                | User to User Information        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| UX                                 | `User                           |
|                                    | Experience <https://en.wikipedi |
|                                    | a.org/wiki/User_experience>`__  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| vCE                                | virtual CE (Customer Edge)      |
|                                    | router (an example VNF)         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| vCPE                               | Virtual Customer Premise        |
|                                    | Equipment                       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| vDNS                               | Virtual Domain Name Server (an  |
|                                    | example VNF)                    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VDU                                | `Virtualisation Deployment      |
|                                    | Unit <https://wiki.onap.org/dis |
|                                    | play/DW/Comparison+of+Current+R |
|                                    | 3+Clean+Version+with+IFA011+v2. |
|                                    | 5.1>`__                         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VES                                | Virtual function EventStream    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| vF                                 | Virtual Firewall (an example    |
|                                    | VNF)                            |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VF                                 | Virtual Function                |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VFC                                | `Virtual Function               |
|                                    | Controller <https://wiki.onap.o |
|                                    | rg/display/DW/Virtual+Function+ |
|                                    | Controller+Project>`__          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VFC                                | Virtual Function Component      |
|                                    | (Resource Onboarding)           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| vfModule                           | Virtual Function Module         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VID                                | Virtual Instantiation           |
|                                    | Deployment                      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VID                                | `Virtual Infrastructure         |
|                                    | Deployment                      |
|                                    | (Project) <https://wiki.onap.or |
|                                    | g/display/DW/Virtual+Infrastruc |
|                                    | ture+Deployment+Project>`__     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VIM                                | Virtualized Infrastructure      |
|                                    | Manager                         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VLAN                               | Virtual Local Area Network      |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VM                                 | Virtual Machine                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VNF                                | `Virtual Network                |
|                                    | Function <https://www.techtarge |
|                                    | t.com/searchnetworking/         |
|                                    | definition/virtual-network-     |
|                                    | functions-VNF>`__               |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VNFC                               | Virtual Network Function        |
|                                    | Component                       |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VNFD                               | `VNF                            |
|                                    | Descriptor <https://wiki.onap.o |
|                                    | rg/pages/viewpage.action?pageId |
|                                    | =8226059>`__                    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VNFM                               | VNF Manager                     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VNO                                | Virtual Network Operator        |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| vPE                                | virtual PE (Provider Edge)      |
|                                    | router (an example of a VNF)    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VPP                                | `Vector Packet                  |
|                                    | Processing <https://wiki.fd.io/ |
|                                    | view/VPP/What_is_VPP%3F>`__     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VSP                                | Vendor Software Product (from   |
|                                    | SDC Demo Guide)                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VTP                                | `VNF Test                       |
|                                    | Platform <https://wiki.onap.org |
|                                    | /pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4 |
|                                    | 3386304>`__                     |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| VVP                                | `VNF Validation                 |
|                                    | Program <https://wiki.onap.org/ |
|                                    | display/DW/VNF+Validation+Progr |
|                                    | am+Project>`__                  |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| WAR                                | `Web application                |
|                                    | Archive <https://en.wikipedia.o |
|                                    | rg/wiki/WAR_(file_format)>`__   |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| xNF                                | The combination of PNF and VNF; |
|                                    | Network Function                |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| YANG                               | Yet Another Next Generation - a |
|                                    | Data Modeling Language for the  |
|                                    | Network Configuration Protocol  |
|                                    | (NETCONF)                       |
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