API	Application Programming Interface
BDSP	Big Data Stream Processing
COTS	Commodity Off The Shelf
CPU	Central Processing Unit
DaSP	Data Stream Processing
DPDK	Data Plane Development Kit
DPI	Deep Packet Inspection
eBPF	extended Berkeley Packet Filter
FPGA	Field Programmable Gate Array
GPU	Graphic Processing Unit
GUI	Graphical User Interface
INT	In-Band Network Telemetry
JVM	Java Virtual Machine
NFV	Network Function Virtualization
NIC	Network Interface Card
OS	Operating System
POF	Protocol Oblivious Forwarding
QoS	Quality of Service
SDN	Software Defined Network
SIEM	Security Information and Event Management
SmartNIC	Smart Network Interface Card
SPSC	Single Producer Single Consumer
XDP	eXpress Data Path
XFSM	eXtended Finite State Machines