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+..  BSD LICENSE
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+
+Glossary
+========
+
+
+ACL
+   Access Control List
+
+API
+   Application Programming Interface
+
+ASLR
+   Linux* kernel Address-Space Layout Randomization
+
+BSD
+   Berkeley Software Distribution
+
+Clr
+   Clear
+
+CIDR
+   Classless Inter-Domain Routing
+
+Control Plane
+   The control plane is concerned with the routing of packets and with
+   providing a start or end point.
+
+Core
+   A core may include several lcores or threads if the processor supports
+   hyperthreading.
+
+Core Components
+   A set of libraries provided by the DPDK, including eal, ring, mempool,
+   mbuf, timers, and so on.
+
+CPU
+   Central Processing Unit
+
+CRC
+   Cyclic Redundancy Check
+
+ctrlmbuf
+   An *mbuf* carrying control data.
+
+Data Plane
+   In contrast to the control plane, the data plane in a network architecture
+   are the layers involved when forwarding packets.  These layers must be
+   highly optimized to achieve good performance.
+
+DIMM
+   Dual In-line Memory Module
+
+Doxygen
+   A documentation generator used in the DPDK to generate the API reference.
+
+DPDK
+   Data Plane Development Kit
+
+DRAM
+   Dynamic Random Access Memory
+
+EAL
+   The Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) provides a generic interface that
+   hides the environment specifics from the applications and libraries.  The
+   services expected from the EAL are: development kit loading and launching,
+   core affinity/ assignment procedures, system memory allocation/description,
+   PCI bus access, inter-partition communication.
+
+FIFO
+   First In First Out
+
+FPGA
+   Field Programmable Gate Array
+
+GbE
+   Gigabit Ethernet
+
+HW
+   Hardware
+
+HPET
+   High Precision Event Timer; a hardware timer that provides a precise time
+   reference on x86 platforms.
+
+ID
+   Identifier
+
+IOCTL
+   Input/Output Control
+
+I/O
+   Input/Output
+
+IP
+   Internet Protocol
+
+IPv4
+   Internet Protocol version 4
+
+IPv6
+   Internet Protocol version 6
+
+lcore
+   A logical execution unit of the processor, sometimes called a *hardware
+   thread*.
+
+KNI
+   Kernel Network Interface
+
+L1
+   Layer 1
+
+L2
+   Layer 2
+
+L3
+   Layer 3
+
+L4
+   Layer 4
+
+LAN
+   Local Area Network
+
+LPM
+   Longest Prefix Match
+
+master lcore
+   The execution unit that executes the main() function and that launches
+   other lcores.
+
+mbuf
+   An mbuf is a data structure used internally to carry messages (mainly
+   network packets).  The name is derived from BSD stacks.  To understand the
+   concepts of packet buffers or mbuf, refer to *TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2:
+   The Implementation*.
+
+MESI
+   Modified Exclusive Shared Invalid (CPU cache coherency protocol)
+
+MTU
+   Maximum Transfer Unit
+
+NIC
+   Network Interface Card
+
+OOO
+   Out Of Order (execution of instructions within the CPU pipeline)
+
+NUMA
+   Non-uniform Memory Access
+
+PCI
+   Peripheral Connect Interface
+
+PHY
+   An abbreviation for the physical layer of the OSI model.
+
+pktmbuf
+   An *mbuf* carrying a network packet.
+
+PMD
+   Poll Mode Driver
+
+QoS
+   Quality of Service
+
+RCU
+   Read-Copy-Update algorithm, an alternative to simple rwlocks.
+
+Rd
+   Read
+
+RED
+   Random Early Detection
+
+RSS
+   Receive Side Scaling
+
+RTE
+   Run Time Environment. Provides a fast and simple framework for fast packet
+   processing, in a lightweight environment as a Linux* application and using
+   Poll Mode Drivers (PMDs) to increase speed.
+
+Rx
+   Reception
+
+Slave lcore
+   Any *lcore* that is not the *master lcore*.
+
+Socket
+   A physical CPU, that includes several *cores*.
+
+SLA
+   Service Level Agreement
+
+srTCM
+   Single Rate Three Color Marking
+
+SRTD
+   Scheduler Round Trip Delay
+
+SW
+   Software
+
+Target
+   In the DPDK, the target is a combination of architecture, machine,
+   executive environment and toolchain.  For example:
+   i686-native-linuxapp-gcc.
+
+TCP
+   Transmission Control Protocol
+
+TC
+   Traffic Class
+
+TLB
+   Translation Lookaside Buffer
+
+TLS
+   Thread Local Storage
+
+trTCM
+   Two Rate Three Color Marking
+
+TSC
+   Time Stamp Counter
+
+Tx
+   Transmission
+
+TUN/TAP
+   TUN and TAP are virtual network kernel devices.
+
+VLAN
+   Virtual Local Area Network
+
+Wr
+   Write
+
+WRED
+   Weighted Random Early Detection
+
+WRR
+   Weighted Round Robin