| Term | Description |
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| API | Application Programmable Interface |
| BSS | Business Support System |
| CI/CD | Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment |
| CNF | Cloud-native Network Function |
| CP | Control plane |
| CSP | Communications Service Provider |
| CT | Communication Technology |
| DP | Data Plane |
| IT | Information Technology |
| K8S | Kubernetes |
| LCM | Life Cycle Management |
| LFN | the Linux Foundation Networking umbrella project |
| NETCONF | Network Configuration Protocol |
| NF | Network Function |
| NFVi (or NFVI) | Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure |
| O&M | Operations and Maintenance |
| OSS | Operations Support System |
| SDN | Software Defined Networking |
| SDO | Standards Definition Organization |
| SDO | Standards Definition Organization |
| TOSCA | Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (OASIS standard) |
| VIM | Virtual Infrastructure Manager |
| VM | Virtual Machine |
| VNF | Virtual Network Function |
| YANG | Yet Another Next generation (NETCONF modeling language) |
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