# Abbreviations
-| **Abbreviation** | **Description** |
-| ---------------: | ---------------- |
-| A&AI | [Active and 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)) |
-| DCAE | [Data Collection Analytics & Events](https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=6592895) |
-| GUI | [Graphical User Interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface) |
-| MSO | [Master Service Orchestrator](https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1015834) |
-| ONAP | [Open Network Automation Platform](https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1015843) |
-| 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](https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/SDN-R) |
-| UI | [User Interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface) |
-| UX | [User Experience](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_experience) |
+|**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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