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# Abbreviations
|**Abbreviation**|**Description**|
|----------------|---------------|
| AAF | [Application Authorization Framework](https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Application+Authorization+Framework+Project) |
| A&AI | [Active & Available Inventory](https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Active+and+Available+Inventory+Project) |
| AAA | [Authentication, Authorization and Accounting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAA_(computer_security)) |
| AEC | AT&T Edge Cloud |
| AIC | AT&T Integrated Cloud |
| AID | Architecture Integration Document |
| APPC | [Application Controller](https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Application+Controller+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.org/display/DW/Command+Line+Interface+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-onboarding/) |
| CU | Centralized Unit |
| DAO | [Data Access Object](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_access_object) |
| DCAE | [Data Collection Analytics and Events](https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=6592895) |
| 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/display/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+Services) |
| EMS | [Element Management System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element_management_system) |
| ESR | [External System Register](https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=5734948) |
| ETSI | [European Telecommunications Standards Institute](http://www.etsi.org/technologies-clusters/technologies/689-network-functions-virtualisation) |
| EUAG | [ONAP End User Advisory Group](https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=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.org/download/attachments/45300148/ONAP_GNF_ControllersSOL003.pptx?version=1&modificationDate=1548619943000&api=v2) |
| GUI | [Graphical User Interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface) |
| HAS | [Homing and Allocation Service](https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=16005528) |
| 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/display/DW/High+Volume+VES+Collector) |
| IAM/IDAM | Identity and Access Management |
| ICE | Incubation and Certification Environment |
| ICMMS | Syniverse Inter-carrier messaging solution |
| IDS | [Intrusion Detection System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusion_detection_system) |
| IETF | [Internet Engineering Task Force](http://www.ietf.org) |
| IKE | [Internet KeyExchange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Key_Exchange) |
| IPS | [Intrusion Prevention System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusion_detection_system) |
| IPSEC | [Internet Protocol Security](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPsec) |
| JAR | [Java Archive](https://en.wikipedia.org/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.org/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+VNFSDK) |
| 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?pageId=1015834) |
| MVP | [Minimum ViableProduct](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product) |
| 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.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_function_virtualization) |
| NFVI | [network functions virtualization infrastructure](https://www.sdxcentral.com/nfv/definitions/nfv-mano/) |
| 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 ](https://www.o-ran.org) |
| O-RAN-SC | [O-RAN SoftwareCommunity](https://o-ran-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](https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1015843) |
| OOF | ONAP Optimization Framework |
| ODL | [OpenDaylight](https://www.opendaylight.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](https://www.sdxcentral.com/nfv/definitions/opnfv/) |
| 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+Manager+%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.onap.org/display/DW/Integrating+PNDA) |
| 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/display/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?pageId=16003367) |
| SDC | Service Design and Creation (component of ONAP for visual modeling and design) |
| SDN | [Software-defined networking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_networking) |
| SDN-C | [SDN-Controller](https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/SDN+Controller+Development+Guide) |
| SDN-R | [SDN-Radio, Router, ROADM - a set of model-driven application based on SDN-C](https://wiki.onap.org/display/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.org/display/DW/Service+Orchestrator+Project) |
| SON | Self-Organizing Networks |
| SOT | Source Of Truth |
| SR-IOV | [Single-Root Input/Output Virtualization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-root_input/output_virtualization) |
| SRS | Software Requirements Specification |
| SSL | [SecureSocketsLayer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_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_Security) |
| TN | Transport Network |
| TOSCA | [Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications](https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=tosca) |
| TPS | Transactions Per Second |
| TSC | Technical Steering Committee |
| U-UI | [Usecase UserInterface](https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Usecase+UI+Project) |
| UI | [User Interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface) |
| UUI | User to User Information |
| UX | [User Experience](https://en.wikipedia.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/display/DW/Comparison+of+Current+R3+Clean+Version+with+IFA011+v2.5.1) |
| VES | [Virtual function EventStream](https://wiki.opnfv.org/download/attachments/6819329/OPNVF%20VES.pptx?version=4&modificationDate=1466395653000&api=v2) |
| vF | Virtual Firewall (an example VNF) |
| VF | Virtual Function |
| VFC | [Virtual Function Controller](https://wiki.onap.org/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.org/display/DW/Virtual+Infrastructure+Deployment+Project) |
| VIM | Virtualized Infrastructure Manager |
| VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
| VM | Virtual Machine |
| VNF | [Virtual Network Function](http://searchsdn.techtarget.com/definition/virtual-network-functions) |
| VNFC | Virtual Network Function Component |
| VNFD | [VNF Descriptor](https://wiki.onap.org/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=43386304) |
| VVP | [VNF Validation Program](https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/VNF+Validation+Program+Project) |
| WAR | [Web application Archive](https://en.wikipedia.org/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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