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-# Abbreviations
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-|**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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