AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
API |
Application Programming Interface |
B2B |
Business to Business |
B2C |
Business to Consumer |
BIOS |
Basic Input Output System |
CaaS |
Container as a Service |
CAPEX |
Capital Expenditure |
CI/CD |
Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment |
CNF |
Cloud Native Network Function |
CNI |
Container Network Interface |
CNTT |
Cloud iNfrastructure Telco Taskforce |
CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
CRTM |
Core Root of Trust for Measurements |
CVE |
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures |
DC |
Data Center |
DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
DNS |
Domain Name System |
DPDK |
Data Plane Development Kit |
DRAM |
Dynamic Random Access Memory |
DRTM |
Dynamic Root of Trust for Measurements |
E2E |
End to End |
EPA |
Enhanced Platform Awareness |
eTOM |
enhanced Telecom Operations Map |
ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
EULA |
End-User License Agreement |
EVPN |
Ethernet Virtual Private Network |
FCAPS |
fault, configuration, accounting, performance, security |
FPGA |
Field Programmable Gate Array |
FTTx |
Fiber to the x |
GB |
Giga Byte |
GW |
Gateway |
GPU |
Graphics Processing Unit |
GSMA |
Groupe Speciale Mobile Association |
HDD |
Hard Disk Drive |
HW |
Hardware |
IaaS |
Infrastructure as a Service |
IMS |
IP Multimedia Subsystem |
IO |
Input/Output |
IOPS |
Input/Output per Second |
IOMMU |
Input/Output Memory Management Unit |
IoT |
Internet of Things |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
IPMI |
Intelligent Platform Management Interface |
IPSec |
Internet Protocol Security |
IT |
Information Technology |
K8s |
Kubernetes |
LAN |
Local Area Network |
LCM |
Lifecycle Management |
MANO |
Management and Orchestration |
ML |
Machine Learning |
MPLS |
Multi-Protocol Label Switching |
MVNO |
Mobile Virtual Network Operator |
NAT |
Network Address Translation |
NBI |
North Bound Interface |
NFV |
Network Function Virtualisation |
NFVI |
Network Function Virtualisation Infrastructure |
NFVO |
Network Function Virtualisation Orchestrator |
NIC |
Network Interface Card |
NPU |
Numeric Processing Unit |
NUMA |
Non-Uniform Memory Access |
NVMe |
Non-Volatile Memory Express |
ONAP |
Open Network Automation Platform |
OPEX |
Operational Expenditure |
OPNFV |
Open Platform for NFV |
ORAN |
Open Radio Access Network |
OS |
Operating System |
OVP |
OPNFV Verified Program |
PCIe |
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
PCI-PT |
PCIe PassThrough |
PCR |
Platform Configuration Register |
PF |
Physical Function |
POD |
Point of Delivery |
PRD |
Permanent Reference Document |
QoS |
Quality of Service |
RA |
Reference Architecture |
RAM |
Random Access Memory |
RAN |
Radio Access Network |
RBAC |
Role-bases Access Control |
RFC |
Request for Change |
RC |
Reference Conformance |
RI |
Reference Implementation |
RM |
Reference Model |
RTM |
Root of Trust for Measurements |
SATA |
Serial AT Attachment |
SBA |
Service Based Architecture |
SBI |
South Bound Interface |
SDN |
Software-Defined Networking |
SDS |
Software-Defined Storage |
SFC |
Service Function Chaining |
SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
SMT |
Simultaneous multithreading |
SR-IOV |
Single Root Input Output Virtualisation |
SRTM |
Static Root of Trust for Measurements |
SSD |
Solid State Drive |
SW |
Software |
TLS |
Transport Layer Security |
TOSCA |
Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications |
TPM |
Trusted Platform Module |
UEFI |
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
UI |
User Interface |
vCPU |
Virtual CPU |
VF |
Virtual Function |
VIM |
Virtualised Infrastructure Manager |
VLAN |
Virtual LAN |
VM |
Virtual Machine |
VNF |
Virtual Network Function |
VNFC |
Virtual Network Function Component |
vNIC |
Virtual Network Interface Card |
vRAN |
Virtual Radio Access Network |
VxLAN |
Virtual Extensible LAN |
vXYZ |
virtual XYZ, e.g., as in vNIC |
Wi-Fi |
Wireless Fidelity |