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# Glossary
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+  **5G NR**: 5G New Radio 
+  **AI**: Artificial Intelligence 
+  **AMF**: Access and Mobility management Function 
+  **API**: Application Programming Interface 
+  **AZ**: Availability Zone 
+  **BI**: Business Intelligence 
+  **BSS**: Business Support Systems 
+  **CA**: Certificate Authority 
+  **CDMA**: Code Division Multiple Access 
+  **CM**: Configuration Management 
+  **CRL**: Certificate Revocation List 
+  **CSPs**: Communication Service Providers 
+  **DSPs**: Digital Service Providers 
+  **eNodeB**: E-UTRAN Node B, also known as Evolved Node B (abbreviated as eNodeB) 
+  **ETL**: Extract, Transform, Load 
+  **eTOM**: enhanced Telecom Operations Map 
+  **ETSI MANO**: European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Management And Orchestration (MANO) 
+  **FCAPS**: Fault management, Configuration management, Accounting, Performance management and Security 
+  **FM**: Fault Management 
+  **GSM**: Global System for Mobile Communications 
+  **IM**: Inventory Management 
+  **ISV**: Independent Software Vendor 
+  **KPIs**: Key Performance Indicators 
+  **LCM**: Life Cycle Management 
+  **LTE**: Long Term Evolution 
+  **M2M**: Machine to Machine 
+  **ML**: Machine Learning 
+  **MME**: Mobility Management Entity 
+  **MVNO**: Mobile Virtual Network Operator 
+  **NACL**: Network Access Control List 
+  **NEPs**: Network Equipment Providers 
+  **NFV**: Network Function Virtualization 
+  **NFx**: Network Functions 
+  **NWDAF**: Network Data Analytics Function 
+  **OAM**: Operations, Administration and Maintenance 
+  **ORAN RIC**: Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) 
+  **OSI**: Open Systems Interconnection 
+  **OSR**: Operations Support and Readiness 
+  **OSS**: Operational Support System 
+  **PKI**: Public Key Infrastructure 
+  **PM**: Performance Management 
+  **QoS**: Quality of Service 
+  **RDBMS**: Relational Database Management System 
+  **RTO / RPO:** Recovery Time Objective / Recovery Point Objective 
+  **SaaS**: Software as a Service 
+  **SNMP**: Simple Network Management Protocol 
+  **SO**: Service Orchestration 
+  **SON**: Self-Organizing Network 
+  **SQL**: Structured Query Language 
+  **SSL / TLS**: Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) / Transport Layer Security (TLS) 
+  **SSO**: Single Sign On 
+  **TDMA**: Time-division Multiple Access 
+  **UMTS**: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System 
+  **UPF**: User Plane Function 
+  **URLLC**: Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications 
+  **VPC**: Virtual Private Cloud 
+  **VR / AR**: Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality 
+  **WiMAX**: Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access