Python Automated Test System (pyATS) A Cisco
test and automation solution.
Python Enhancement Proposals (PEP) Documents
that provide guidance and describe best practices on how
Python code should be organized, packaged, released,
deprecated, and so on.
R
registry An area where containers are stored in the
container infrastructure.
remote-procedure call (RPC) A standard framework
for clients to send a request to a server to perform an
action and return the results.
repository The complete list of files and source code for
an application, also referred to as head in Git.
Representational State Transfer (RST) APIs APIs
that use HTTP methods to gather and manipulate data.
REST Representational State Transfer, which describes
the general rules for how data and services are
represented through the API so that other programs will
be able to correctly request and receive the data and
services that an API makes available.
RESTCONF An HTTP-based protocol that provides a
programmatic interface for accessing data defined in
YANG.
Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) One of the first
public-key cryptosystems.
S
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) An encryption-based
Internet security protocol.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
An application-layer protocol used for monitoring and
configuring devices.