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his term refers to a specific process or capability that runs within a network to enable communication and provide various services.
Traditionally, network functions like routing, firewalling, load balancing, or intrusion detection were performed by dedicated, proprietary hardware appliances. However, with the advent of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), these functions are increasingly being implemented as software applications (called Virtualized Network Functions or VNFs, and later Cloud-Native Network Functions or CNFs) that run on standard, off-the-shelf servers or virtualized environments. This shift allows for greater flexibility, scalability, and cost-efficiency in deploying and managing network services, making networks more agile and programmable.
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