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AI
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Artificial Intelligence
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API
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Application Programming Interface
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B2B
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Business to Business
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B2C
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Business to Consumer
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BIOS
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Basic Input Output System
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CaaS
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Container as a Service
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CAPEX
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Capital Expenditure
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CI/CD
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Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment
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CNF
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Cloud Native Network Function
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CNI
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Container Network Interface
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CNTT
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Cloud iNfrastructure Telco Taskforce
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CPU
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Central Processing Unit
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CRTM
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Core Root of Trust for Measurements
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CVE
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Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
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DC
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Data Center
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DMA
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Direct Memory Access
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DNS
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Domain Name System
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DPDK
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Data Plane Development Kit
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DRAM
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Dynamic Random Access Memory
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DRTM
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Dynamic Root of Trust for Measurements
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E2E
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End to End
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EPA
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Enhanced Platform Awareness
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eTOM
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enhanced Telecom Operations Map
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ETSI
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European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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EULA
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End-User License Agreement
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EVPN
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Ethernet Virtual Private Network
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FCAPS
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fault, configuration, accounting, performance, security
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FPGA
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Field Programmable Gate Array
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FTTx
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Fiber to the x
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GB
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Giga Byte
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GW
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Gateway
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GPU
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Graphics Processing Unit
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GSMA
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Groupe Speciale Mobile Association
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HDD
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Hard Disk Drive
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HW
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Hardware
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IaaS
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Infrastructure as a Service
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IMS
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IP Multimedia Subsystem
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IO
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Input/Output
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IOPS
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Input/Output per Second
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IOMMU
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Input/Output Memory Management Unit
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IoT
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Internet of Things
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IP
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Internet Protocol
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IPMI
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Intelligent Platform Management Interface
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IPSec
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Internet Protocol Security
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IT
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Information Technology
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K8s
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Kubernetes
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LAN
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Local Area Network
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LCM
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Lifecycle Management
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MANO
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Management and Orchestration
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ML
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Machine Learning
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MPLS
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Multi-Protocol Label Switching
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MVNO
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Mobile Virtual Network Operator
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NAT
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Network Address Translation
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NBI
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North Bound Interface
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NFV
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Network Function Virtualisation
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NFVI
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Network Function Virtualisation Infrastructure
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NFVO
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Network Function Virtualisation Orchestrator
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NIC
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Network Interface Card
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NPU
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Numeric Processing Unit
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NUMA
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Non-Uniform Memory Access
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NVMe
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Non-Volatile Memory Express
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ONAP
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Open Network Automation Platform
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OPEX
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Operational Expenditure
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OPNFV
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Open Platform for NFV
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ORAN
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Open Radio Access Network
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OS
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Operating System
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OVP
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OPNFV Verified Program
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PCIe
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Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
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PCI-PT
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PCIe PassThrough
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PCR
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Platform Configuration Register
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PF
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Physical Function
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POD
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Point of Delivery
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PRD
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Permanent Reference Document
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QoS
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Quality of Service
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RA
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Reference Architecture
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RAM
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Random Access Memory
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RAN
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Radio Access Network
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RBAC
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Role-bases Access Control
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RFC
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Request for Change
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RC
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Reference Conformance
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RI
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Reference Implementation
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RM
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Reference Model
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RTM
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Root of Trust for Measurements
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SATA
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Serial AT Attachment
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SBA
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Service Based Architecture
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SBI
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South Bound Interface
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SDN
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Software-Defined Networking
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SDS
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Software-Defined Storage
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SFC
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Service Function Chaining
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SLA
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Service Level Agreement
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SMT
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Simultaneous multithreading
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SR-IOV
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Single Root Input Output Virtualisation
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SRTM
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Static Root of Trust for Measurements
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SSD
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Solid State Drive
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SW
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Software
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TLS
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Transport Layer Security
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TOSCA
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Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications
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TPM
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Trusted Platform Module
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UEFI
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Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
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UI
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User Interface
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vCPU
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Virtual CPU
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VF
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Virtual Function
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VIM
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Virtualised Infrastructure Manager
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VLAN
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Virtual LAN
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VM
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Virtual Machine
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VNF
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Virtual Network Function
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VNFC
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Virtual Network Function Component
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vNIC
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Virtual Network Interface Card
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vRAN
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Virtual Radio Access Network
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VxLAN
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Virtual Extensible LAN
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vXYZ
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virtual XYZ, e.g., as in vNIC
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Wi-Fi
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Wireless Fidelity
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