Glossary of terms
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.. glossary::

  AAI
    Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure

  API
    Application Programming Interface

  BFD
    Bi-directional Forwarding Detection

  BGP
    Border Gateway Protocol: a path vector routing protocol described in
    `RFC 4271 <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4271>`_.

  CIDR
    Classless Inter-Domain Routing. A method for denoting IP ranges in the form of ``9.9.0.0/16`` or
    ``fe80:1234:abcd::/48``.

  CLI
    Command Line Interface.

  CNAME
    A type of DNS record that is used as an alias from one hostname to another

  CRUD
    Create, Read, Update, Delete

  DNS
    The Domain Name System. Used for correlating domain names to IP information, among others.

  FQDN
    Fully Quantified Domain Name

  GAP
    The GÉANT Automation Platform

  GSO
    GÉANT Service Orchestrator

  IAS
    IAS

  IPAM
    IP Address Management

  ISIS
    Intermediate System to Intermediate System: a routing protocol described in
    `RFC 7142 <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7142>`_.

  ISO
    International Organisation for Standardisation

  JSON
    JavaScript Object Notation

  LACP
    Link Aggregation Control Protocol

  LAG
    Link Aggregation: a bundle of multiple network connections.

  LAN
    Local Area Network

  LLDP
    Link Layer Discovery Protocol

  LSO
    Lightweight Service Orchestrator

  NET
    Network Entity Title: used for :term:`ISIS` routing.

  NREN
    National Research and Education Network

  OIDC
    OpenID Connect

  OOB
    Out-of-band access

  OPA
    Open Policy Agent

  OSS
    Operational Support Systems

  SBP
    Service Binding Point, a logical construct used in the orchestrator to attach a partner subscription to a physical
    (set of) ports.

  SDP
    Service Demarcation Point: A logical construct used for modeling partner subscriptions. It models the link between
    the physical and the service domains.

  SNMP
    Simple Network Management Protocol: a protocol that's used for gathering data, widely used for network management
    and monitoring.

  TWAMP
    A Two-Way Active Measuring Protocol, as defined in `RFC 5357 <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5357>`_.

  UUID
    Universally Unique Identifier

  VLAN
    Virtual LAN

  WAN
    Wide Area Network

  WFO
    `Workflow Orchestrator <https://workfloworchestrator.org/>`_