Index

A

abstraction

leaky. See leaky abstractions

orchestration system, 263

aggregation

concept, 83

information hiding, 122–126

as leaky abstraction, 125, 126

vs. stretch, 83–85, 83

Alderson, David L., 14, 41

API. See Application Programming Interface (API)

apocryphal story of the engineer and the hammer, 65–66

application layer

four-layer model, 147

seven-layer model, 145

Application Programming Interface (API), 9, 143

Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), 235

application support, policy and, 218

The Art of Network Architecture (Cisco Press), 44

ASIC. See Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), 106

ATM. See Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

auditing, cloud provider, 274

automation

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