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+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright(c) 2010-2025 Intel Corporation.
+
+Glossary
+========
+
+This glossary provides definitions for key terms and concepts used within DPDK. Understanding these terms will help in comprehending the functionality and architecture of DPDK.
+
+**BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)**
+
+The firmware used to perform hardware initialization during the booting process and to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs.
+
+**Bifurcated Driver**
+
+A driver model that splits functionality between kernel and userspace, often used in high-performance networking.
+
+**Clang-LLVM**
+
+A compiler toolchain that includes the Clang C compiler and LLVM linker, used for building DPDK on Windows.
+
+**contigmem Module**
+
+A module in FreeBSD that provides physically contiguous memory allocation used by DPDK.
+
+**DMA (Direct Memory Access)**
+
+A feature that allows hardware devices to access the main system memory directly, without involving the CPU.
+
+**EAL (Environment Abstraction Layer)**
+
+The layer within DPDK that abstracts environmental specifics and provides a standard programming interface.
+
+**hugepages**
+
+Large memory pages used by the operating system to manage memory more efficiently, especially in high-performance applications like DPDK.
+
+**IOMMU (Input-Output Memory Management Unit)**
+
+A hardware component that translates device-visible virtual addresses to physical addresses, providing memory protection and isolation.
+
+**MinGW-w64 Toolchain**
+
+A development environment for creating Windows applications, used as an option for compiling DPDK on Windows.
+
+**NIC (Network Interface Card)**
+
+A hardware component that connects a computer to a network.
+
+**nic_uio Module**
+
+A UIO driver for network devices in FreeBSD, used by DPDK.
+
+**NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access)**
+
+A computer memory design used in multiprocessing where the memory access time depends on the memory location relative to the processor.
+
+**PMD (POLL Mode Driver)**
+
+A type of driver in DPDK that continuously polls for events rather than relying on interrupts, often used for high-performance networking.
+
+**SoC (System on a Chip)**
+
+An integrated circuit that integrates all components of a computer or other electronic system into a single chip.
+
+**UIO (Userspace I/O)**
+
+A Linux kernel module that enables user-space applications to access hardware devices directly.
+
+**VFIO (Virtual Function I/O)**
+
+A kernel driver that allows a virtual machine to access physical devices directly, used in DPDK for device assignment.
+
+**VFIO Platform**
+
+A framework in Linux that allows exposing direct device access to userspace, in a secure, IOMMU-protected way.
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