AAF: Application Authorization Framework
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CDAP: Cask Data Application Platform
- open source framework to build and deploy data applications on Apache™ Hadoop® (CDAP.io site)
CDS: Controller Design Studio
- it is not the tool for the design of controllers instead it is common design tool to support both SDNC and generic L4-7 NF controllers integrated with SDC (e.g. APPC, VFC)
- part of CCSDK project,
- see vFW CDS Casablanca - using CDS in context of virtual Firewall use case
Chef:
CI/CD: Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery
- continuous integration (CI) is the practice of merging all developer working copies to a shared mainline several times a day (Wikipedia)
- continuous delivery (CD) is a software engineering approach in which teams produce software in short cycles, ensuring that the software can be reliably released at any time (Wikipedia)
CIA: Container Images - see Project Docker/OCI Images - Best Practices and Tools
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CSAR: Cloud Service ARchive (link)Anchor CSAR CSAR
- a package defined by OASIS TOSCA. It is a ZIP file that includes a TOSCA template of a Network Service, and all the scripts or files that a VNF needs for the lifecycle from creation to termination.
DAO: Data Access Object (Wikipedia)
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EMS: Element Management System (Wikipedia)
- systems and applications for managing network elements (NE) on the network element-management layer (NEL) of the Telecommunications Management Network (TMN) model.
ESR: External System Register
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GBP: Group-Based Policy (https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/GroupBasedPolicy)
HAS: Homing and Allocation Service - part of OOF
Heat:Anchor Heat Heat
- cloud infrastructure creation template language for Open Stack (https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Heat)
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OpenStack:Anchor OpenStack OpenStack
- a free and open-source software platform for creating private and public clouds (compute, network, and storage facilities) (https://www.openstack.org/)
- mostly deployed as an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). The software platform consists of interrelated components that control hardware pools of processing, storage, and networking resources throughout a data center. Users either manage it through a web-based dashboard, through command-line tools, or through a RESTful API.
OOM: ONAP Operations Manager
OPNFV: Open Platform for NFV Project
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- a modular system and a service platform for the Java programming language that implements a complete and dynamic component model (OpenDaylight uses this) (Wikipedia)
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RCT: Reference Connection Tool
Recipe:
- within Chef, the most fundamental configuration element (see the Style Guide)
Resource:Anchor Resource Resource
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SR-IOV: Single-Root Input/Output Virtualization (Wikipedia)
- a network interface that allows the isolation of the PCI Express resources for manageability and performance reasons
SSH: Secure Shell
SSL: Secure Sockets Layer (Wikipedia), precursor to TLS
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- a group of users who share a common access with specific privileges to a software instance on a server (Wikipedia). This terminology is used in OpenStack
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VID: Virtual Instantiation DeploymentAnchor VID VID
- a Portal GUI to trigger MSO instantiation of services and components
VID: Virtual Infrastructure Deployment (Project)
VIM: Virtualized Infrastructure Manager
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VNF: Virtual Network Function (link)Anchor VNF VNF
- a virtualized task formerly carried out by proprietary, dedicated network hardware. (Examples: virtual firewall, virtual DNS.)
- in ONAP, a VNF is a Resource
- a VNF is a specific kind of Vendor Software Product
VNFC: Virtual Network Function Component
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- the term used in VNF SDK project - it refers to modeling of VNF - see Models - VNF Descriptor & Service Descriptor
VNO: Virtual Network Operator
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