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Glossary
========
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
LPM
Longest Prefix Match
-master lcore
+main lcore
The execution unit that executes the main() function and that launches
other lcores.
+master lcore
+ Deprecated name for *main lcore*. No longer used.
+
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
Reception
Slave lcore
- Any *lcore* that is not the *master lcore*.
+ Deprecated name for *worker lcore*. No longer used.
Socket
A physical CPU, that includes several *cores*.
Target
In the DPDK, the target is a combination of architecture, machine,
executive environment and toolchain. For example:
- i686-native-linuxapp-gcc.
+ i686-native-linux-gcc.
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
Wr
Write
+Worker lcore
+ Any *lcore* that is not the *main lcore*.
+
WRED
Weighted Random Early Detection